Greetings and thanks for reading this. I have recently fried the 400 & 800 Firewire ports on my out of warranty Al 15.(*) I think the cheapest solution is to add a 1394 PC card and I seek your advice as to the best card and vendor. The most ports (400 & 800) and the best form factor (least "sticky-outy".) Kind regards/tr (*) Beware the 2.5 inch firewire drives with self-contained battery because if completely discharged from lack of use then the unprotected powerbook cannot handle the current draw.