[G4] The new iPods.

[John Niven]

Oh! I'm still using my original 512Mb Shuffle, so I
didn't know this was old news :-)

A Firewire compatible dock would have been nice as an
option though. I still think Firewire is a better
technology. Still, Hi-Tech is replete with such lost
causes.

John

--- David Ginsburg <daveg65 at comcast.net> wrote:

> It is a shame. They dropped firewire support in the
> 4th Gen models so it has
> been at least 3 years since its been dropped so this
> is nothing new. USB is
> more standard because many PC's do not have
> firewire. So to add fuel to the
> fire here Steve looks at the bottom line and sees
> more sales of iPods from
> PC customers so eliminate the firewire support to cu
> the cost even more and
> charge the same prices....
> 
> On 9/10/07, Doug McNutt <douglist at macnauchtan.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > At 05:58 -0700 9/10/07, John Niven wrote:
> > >I just think it's a shame that Apple have dropped
> the
> > >firewire support, just because they are pandering
> to
> > >PC  users.
> >
> > Intel "owns" USB and likely demands royalties.
> >
> > Steve "owns" a competitive product - Firewire
> >
> > Steve wants to cut a deal with Intel to use its
> microprocessors.
> >
> > Pandering to politically correct USERS???
> >
> > I still want to know the details of
> AT&T/Cingular's kickback arrangements
> > in re iPhone.
> >
> > All that prepared using a nice ADB keyboard that
> Apple built while
> > performance was the goal.
> >
> > --
> > --> If you are presented a number as a percentage,
> and you do not clearly
> > understand the numerator and the denominator
> involved, you are surely being
> > lied to. <--
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