Kent Pribbernow
12-15-2005, 10:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=57' target='_blank'>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=57</a><br /><br /></div><i>"I reported back in October, that when Apple launched the video iPod sans FireWire, they also moved their FireWire Web page from a prominent location on the top level of Apple.com to a sub-page in the bowels of their developer Web site. Coincidence? You tell me. Now I'm hearing that FireWire is gone completely from the new Intel iBooks that are coming next month, but its loss should come as a surprise to no one, given Apple's moves of late. A little birdy told me that the new Intel PowerBooks will lose FireWire 400 completely and retain only one FireWire 800 port as a concession to video professionals."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/firewire-logo.jpg" /><br /><br />I wasn't surprised when Apple chose USB 2.0 as the standard connection option for iPod. Most iPod users are PC based, so it makes more sense to support the most widely used peripheral connection available for that platform. FireWire is still widely used by video professionals, so don't look for it to completely go away.