Thomas Vecchione wrote:
>
> Third reason? Powered Firewire port(Pro version of Apple laptops only).
> I can also count on one hand the amount of PC laptops with this single
> feature. Now I will admit flat out, the apple laptops only provide 7w
> of power on their firewire ports as opposed to the spec of 15. But it
> allows me to run my interfaces that draw power off the port with no
> problem and I don't have to lug around a wall wort.
Of course decent firewire is a huge plus for me (as a freebob
developer). However, the lack of cardbus on MBP is a serious con, as I
frequently need 2 host controllers for testing, and it is convenient to
have a built in and a cardbus one for that.
Pieter
Received on Sun Mar 18 04:15:04 2007
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