Oct 17

Steve Jobs Has Spoken!

Considering that the lack of FireWire ports could be considered the worst problem the new MacBook Pro and MacBook notebooks have, it's no surprise that Steve Jobs himself decided to answer user concerns. What really surprises me is the speed of his feedback - I hope others(we-know-who) will learn something from this! Now, let's see what Steve Jobs has to say about this matter, shall we?

Obviously, it wasn't a new keynote, but Steve Jobs "spoke" in an email, writing to a Mac user that changes in video camera technology made the need for FireWire to fade away. "Actually, all of the new HD camcorders of the past few years use USB 2" says the email signed simply "Steve," as a reply to the fan's email you can see in the image above.

It is very interesting to see Apple kill its own invention, since they released the specification for FireWire back in late 80s, to see it become IEEE 1394 in 1995, supported by DEC, Texas Instruments, and Sony, and now they leave this part of the market for the competitors still offering FireWire with their laptops. If this is a good idea or not, I guess we'll see by the sales figures this Holiday season. Until then, it's only small talk.

Just to close this article properly, I think I'll have to ask you again(you didn't bother much to answer my questions lately, shame on you!) - do you think the new MacBook Pro is less appealing without FireWire? If you think so, please let us know what kind of FireWire devices do you regularly use, just for the record - I am really curious about that. That's all, folks! Steve Jobs has spoken, now it's your turn!