My read on this is a bit different: Hello Intel and USB, Goodbye PowerPC and Firewire! I would be surprised if Firewire makes it into any of the Intel/Mac boxes or any future Apple products except as an optional extra. jg On 11-Sep-05, at 12:36 PM, TjL wrote: > space and cost. > > A firewire connector would have added bulk and would not have been as > compatible. > > USB is everywhere.