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October 13th, 2008

MacBook revision could drop FireWire port

Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 9:16 am

Categories: General, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Rumor, Spy shot

Tags: Apple MacBook, Firewire Port, FireWire, Ethernet, Notebooks, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

There’s a very spirited discussion going on at MacRumors about the new aluminum MacBook’s port lineup. If purported spy shots of the unreleased machine are to be believed, Firewire could missing from the complement of ports on its left side.

In the picture above (courtesy of MacRumors) a Firewire port is noticeably absent from the MB’s port lineup. One interesting possibility that’s being raised is that the new MacBook could support Firewire over Ethernet, which would keep prices down by dropping the dedicated Firewire port. In previous spy shots the MacBook Pro appears to retain its Firewire port.

The downside of this configuration is that you might not be able to use Ethernet and Firewire at the same time. And like the move to Mini-DVI on the MBP, it means that you’ll have to carry a dongle.

Jason D. O'GradyJason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.

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RE: MacBook revision could drop FireWire port
Well as we know they did indeed drop the firewire 400, but
were kind enough the leave the 800. Still not sure how I feel
about that since I have a few things that are still 400 I guess I
would have to get a 400 express card if I switched to the
new MacBook Pro... (Read the rest)
Posted by: Amonra Posted on: 10/14/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
That would suck  rpmyers1 | 10/13/08
Agreed  greg_glockner@... | 10/13/08
Unless Apple has a couple of tricks up its sleeves we don't know about  nix_hed | 10/13/08
Jason, You're an Air User. Do You Miss Firewire?  Urkel | 10/13/08
Apple dropped FireWire on the iPod  mlindl | 10/13/08
RE: MacBook revision could drop FireWire port  nfiertel | 10/13/08
RE: MacBook revision could drop FireWire port  chromeronin | 10/13/08
RE: MacBook revision could drop FireWire port  jnoel@... | 10/14/08
RE: MacBook revision could drop FireWire port  phatkat | 10/14/08
RE: MacBook revision could drop FireWire port  Amonra | 10/14/08

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