new macbooks dont have firewire? alienating musicians.. wtf.
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new macbooks dont have firewire? alienating musicians.. wtf.
hey there i was thinking of getting a macbook in the next 6 months but theyve taken out the firewire option on the new range i heard, can anyone confirm this? and if so, wtf is up with that.. every musician i know with a macbook has a firewire device...
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Too bad,
No FW, this is a serious deal breaker... Apple is going to make a lot of the new Notebooks somewhat *MacBook Air like*
I htink its better to go with a refurb (or a PC).
Too bad, i had the idea (and money) to switch to Mac, but now... OT but is there a cross-license for ableton if you go mac?
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No FW, this is a serious deal breaker... Apple is going to make a lot of the new Notebooks somewhat *MacBook Air like*
I htink its better to go with a refurb (or a PC).
Too bad, i had the idea (and money) to switch to Mac, but now... OT but is there a cross-license for ableton if you go mac?
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they want to force you to buy a macbook pro and not only a macbook. that's the "pro" thing about it. if you need firewire, then you make money with your computer, so they want you to buy the expensive product line ...
get a cheap macbook with fw-port now, and wait, sooner or later they'll have something sexy again.
fuckin capitalists ...
get a cheap macbook with fw-port now, and wait, sooner or later they'll have something sexy again.
fuckin capitalists ...
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I think this is outrageous...
People please leave feedback:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
People please leave feedback:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macbook.html
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not only that, one of the coolest features of a Mac is the ability to hold T and boot in firewire mode and use the laptop as a HD - that has helped me out of a few situationsAngstrom wrote:My girlfriend's laptop has a lacie firewire drive for backup, for instance.
I think they made a bad mistake here
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im sure they will implement holding down U and booting it as a USB drive or something like that..forge wrote:not only that, one of the coolest features of a Mac is the ability to hold T and boot in firewire mode and use the laptop as a HD - that has helped me out of a few situationsAngstrom wrote:My girlfriend's laptop has a lacie firewire drive for backup, for instance.
I think they made a bad mistake here
I'm not bothered by the lack of FireWire on the new MacBooks.
I like the plastic MacBooks and they're still in the range. Plus plenty of people will upgrade to the new MacBooks, which should drive the 2nd hand prices of plastic MacBooks down. It would be good to see a price drop on it though.
I've got an early MacBook which I'll upgrade to a later model at some point, so its all good for me.
I like the plastic MacBooks and they're still in the range. Plus plenty of people will upgrade to the new MacBooks, which should drive the 2nd hand prices of plastic MacBooks down. It would be good to see a price drop on it though.
I've got an early MacBook which I'll upgrade to a later model at some point, so its all good for me.
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I've also been looking at the new macbook pro as well.
they've dropped the FW400 port, so there is only a FW800 port.
that cuts out a lot of music peripherals that rely on FW400 (soundcards, liquid mix etc)
You'll have to use USB soundcards for all new Macbooks and Macbook Pros.
What were they thinking?
they've dropped the FW400 port, so there is only a FW800 port.
that cuts out a lot of music peripherals that rely on FW400 (soundcards, liquid mix etc)
You'll have to use USB soundcards for all new Macbooks and Macbook Pros.
What were they thinking?
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ever heard of a fw400 to fw800 adapter?mrsakitumi wrote:I've also been looking at the new macbook pro as well.
they've dropped the FW400 port, so there is only a FW800 port.
that cuts out a lot of music peripherals that rely on FW400 (soundcards, liquid mix etc)
You'll have to use USB soundcards for all new Macbooks and Macbook Pros.
What were they thinking?
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nope, thanks for the info.
But even so, on my Macbook pro I use the FW400 port for my motu and FW800 port for my external HD.
I know you can also use the expresscard slot for an external HD, but it's nice to still have both FW ports, especially considering how much you pay for a Macbook Pro.
But even so, on my Macbook pro I use the FW400 port for my motu and FW800 port for my external HD.
I know you can also use the expresscard slot for an external HD, but it's nice to still have both FW ports, especially considering how much you pay for a Macbook Pro.
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