[X4U] FireWire and low end Macs

[Ed Gould]

Personally if  the MAC I was looking at did not have firewire on it.  
It would not even be considered. It is a *MUST*.
That is another reason why I would not even consider the airbook (no  
fire wire on it).

You need firewire.

Ed

On Feb 5, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Joe Sporleder wrote:

> How big of a deal is FireWire to the folks on this list? We are a  
> small publishing company that utilizes Mac minis for a lot of our  
> stuff, mainly light color photo processing in Photoshop, and using  
> Creator to design and paginate our printed products. For most of  
> our stuff, Mac minis, a couple of MacBooks and MacBook Pros for the  
> sales staff, is the total of our computing power. When we buy a new  
> machine for the office to replace an older computer, and FireWire  
> target disk mode and the Migration app come in handy to move  
> workstations around. We do have one G4 tower still in use, and a  
> couple of  PowerMac G5's - one is an OS X Server and the other a  
> work station. I would like to retire the PowerMacs from production  
> (but keep the G5's as servers), and move to all Intel Macs so that  
> we can take full advantage of Snow Leopard when it comes out. Mac  
> Pros are way overkill for our basic needs.
>
> I'm wondering if/when the Mac mini is updated, if it'll lose the  
> FireWire port, like the MacBook Aluminum - to differentiate it from  
> the Pro models. I'm also looking to move my minimum standard  
> workstation from the current 2GB to 4GB. That's one of the  
> drawbacks of the mini. We had used iMacs in our past, back during  
> the CRT days. My boss has always been uncomfortable with all in  
> ones, because if the computer dies, you are also stuck with a  
> monitor that can't be used on anything else.
>
> My idea of a dream mini workstation is an updated Mac mini that can  
> support up to 4GB of RAM and be able to support 2 screens, and also  
> has a firewire port plus a few USB ports. Basically, give me a Mac  
> mini (even if it needs to be a little larger), with similar specs  
> to the current iMacs, but let me chose my own monitor. I realize  
> that might not happen, and I suppose I need to reconsider iMacs in  
> my computing arsenal, as it appears Apple thinks this would be the  
> best matchup for my situation.
>
> Joe
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