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Panther Eats FireWire 800 Drives

Posted by pudge on from the oooo-scary-data-loss dept.

the_webmaestro writes: "Apple has announced that Panther (Mac OS X 10.3) may cause corruption with external FireWire 800 drives (anything with an Oxford 922 chip). Fortunately for me (unlike the poor souls who've already had problems), I guess I'm glad I ordered a lowly a 250GB Firewire 400/USB2.0 Combo Drive..." maccw reports that Firewire 400 customers are also reporting problems, as detailed from this Wired story.

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  1. Re:forgot to learn to read, did we? by uradu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Where did I imply otherwise? Before you get snippy, maybe you should learn basic English comprehension.