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Articles about death of firewire

Inside the new Macbook

by Bill Stiteler on Oct 29, 2008 at 08:12 AM

Ranier Brockerhoff gives an extensive analysis of the guts of the new Macbook, the changes Apple made, and why they made them (or at least, the apparent benefits of the changes they made). His conclusion? It was a choice between the Firewire 400 port and another (unpowered) USB 2.0 port,… Continue Reading »

New migration software pushed to Macs

by Bill Stiteler on Oct 19, 2008 at 09:57 PM

Perhaps underscoring the phasing out of Firewire on Macs, Apple has added the Migration and DVD/CD Sharing Update to Macs (OS 10.4.11 and 10.5.5) using the Software Update feature. The software, previously available with the Macbook Air and as a separate download, allows users to migrate from one Macintosh computer… Continue Reading »

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