On Thu, 5 Aug 2004 16:31:45 -0400 (EDT), atoa at krak.net said: > That makes sense. The only difference I can see, though, is that FW can > have a power component, which makes it different than just having a > typical ethernet (or serial port) connection between to Macs. Thinking about it, connecting two macs with firewire should be no different than connecting a mac with an external device, at least regarding the power issue - many external FW devices have powered FW ports too....also FW hubs.