IEEE 1394 is firewire. IEEE just stands for Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. :) gary > > From: TimeFreezeG3 at aol.com > Date: 2003/09/04 Thu PM 12:06:01 EDT > To: "iBook List" <ibook at lists.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: Re: [P1] iBook questions > > IEEE (firewire) is almost 100% nessacary these days....cameras, printers , > scanners, ect.......most of the new and best stuff are IEEE It is definatley > woth it.\ > > Collin