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That's not quite true.

I guess you mean this card and this non-existant SIIG card.

If you take a peek at SIIGs PCIe card (NN-E38012-S1), it has an extra TI chip on it that looks like it's hooked directly to the bus. Probably a PCI-PCIe bridge like this. The FW400 version ( NN-E20012-S1) has no such chip. That's probably what is causing the 1394b cards to be /54.

Extra bridge chip notwithstanding, if it was actually impossible to put it in given the timeframe, I'd like to hear somebody apologize for the downgrade and say they'll put it back in RevB. I use that port and I'm not even a video professional. I can imagine that those guys are already not very happy about the state of Pro Apps and universal binaries.

Good point, I hadn't really thought of that. I suppose that's only going to be a *real* problem for people doing HD video, though, huh? I mean, I don't know what the cause of your problems were, but I've *never* had problems importing DV via FW800, even on a ( really ) 800Mhz G4 iMac... maybe there was a controller issue you were having?

In any event, the "MacBook Pro" is undoubtedly much more ready to edit video on-the-go than current PowerBooks, and FW400 is fine for importing DV-quality video, and USB2.0 is there as well, so... I'm guessing the only issues that might *really* arise fo rthe on-the-go video editor is if they're doing HD or want faster access to disc drives than FW400 or USB2.0 offer. Sadly, I see a lot of things going to USB2.0...

Of course, I suppose you could always use that ExpressCard slot to host a Firewire 800 card, though, couldn't you? Since it's such a specialized need, I guess Apple could be forgiven for providing the ports more commonly needed...

For that matter, the new iMacs are likely to outrun all current PowerMacs but the dual dual core. That's bound to be a bit of a marketing problem.

Only if selling iMacs instead of PowerMacs is a problem, really, I guess :-). They'll get their PowerMacs updated by the end of the year, probably in less than 6 months or so... I'm guessing it's not really going to be a problem. Forget PowerMac sales, though... who is going to buy a Mac mini now??

Now, Griffin, if you would feel so inclined as to offer us a stereo bluetooth headset with voice com capabilities that doesn't appear to be completely worthless junk? Yours, -Frustrated by tangles and snags