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Originally Posted by seven88
let's just say how disappointed i am at this by apple. Firstly when i purchased the computer i asked "does it have firewire" he replied "yes it does" , so i purchased the more expensive macbook as i knew i would need the extra power and ram for the work i would be doing. After opening it and realising there was no firewire, i got very angry and rung up the store and told the salesperson he needs to know what he was selling - his reply was, we can't know everything. Well yes you do, i was a retail assistant in my two previous jobs and you need to know the ins and outs of an item in order to sell it.
What i have come across is the KAISER BASS USB VHS to DVD adapter, it seems to be the only way so far to capture video, its extremely tedious but what can i do.
Overall, it has not been a pleasant experience especially as this was a birthday present and was not prepared to spend another 1K on the pro just for firewire.
I just took it for granted that these would have firewire in them, it seems funny, my brother's macbook doesn't even have a dvd burner or adequate ram for fast video editing, yet it still has a firewire. Why put a dvd burner and imovie on this machine if we can't edit from our dv cams 
shame on you apple! |
Shame on you for not doing your resarch before spending
$2099. If you're about to spend that much money you shouldn't rely on a salesperson.
In other news Apple is apparently (according to 9to5mac) going to phase out the white model, meaning no portable Mac under $3199 will have FireWire.