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Apple Backing Away From FireWire

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

farmdwg was one of several readers to submit stories about Apple backing away from FireWire. The latest generation of iPods no longer ship with FireWire cables, but instead use USB 2... although FireWire can still be purchased seperately.

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  1. Imagery by bigtallmofo · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anyone else have an image of a person cautiously backing away from a wire that is engulfed in flame after reading the story's headline?

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    I'm a big tall mofo.
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  3. Re:FireWire can still be purchased seperately by fallendragon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Score -1 Pedant

  4. Re:mod parent up by oscast · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Things trolls invented:

    oversimplifying and confusing the issue.

  5. TOO BAD by AvantLegion · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    My P-P-P-Powerbook has FIRE WIRE!

  6. Re:wow! by daveschroeder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Try going outside occassionally, or attempting to speak to someone of the opposite sex.

    After much consternation and apprehension, I tried your advice. And it worked! I'm getting married!

    Thank you, Mr. Anonymous Coward! :-)

  7. FLAMEBAIT??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    What the FUCK???


    The moderators really need to pull their heads out of their asses...I was making a valid point here, and it's a point made repeatedly in this discusion (#11771339, #11771392, #11771560, #11771743). MY post however, is somehow 'flamebait'.


    Christ.


    Nice to see that the powers-that-be evaluate replies with the same dilligence and thoughtfulness that they apply in vetting their stories.


    (BTW, feel free to mod this one down...it actually deserves it.)

  8. Re:I Call Bullshit by idlake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why do I come here anymore?

    Yes, why do you?

  9. Re:Backing Away? by soft_guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    All your post proves is that the price they have been charging for the past few years on iPods is "the right price."

    If Apple had charged a million dollars for each iPod, their marketshare would almost certainly be lower.

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    Avoid Missing Ball for High Score
  10. Re:So why not offer the purchaser an option? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I fucked Guybrush Threepwood in the ass with a cactus last night! And then I ate a raw monkey, including all of the feces in its intestines! Now mod me up!!!

  11. Re:Backing Away? by michael+path · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    UID's are irrelevant as long as they're available on eBay :)

    I mean, really, any idiot can acquire a 5 digit ID.

    *looks up*

    But yes, SCSI is parallel, yellowstone is lost on the issue. Perhaps he's thinking of the next-gen of SCSI devices, SAS - Serial Attached SCSI?