Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:42:57 +0000 From: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: LinuxBSDos.com article Message-ID: <4B7E5D21.8070308@unsane.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4B7E5BFA.6020505@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <41051be3118c6.4b7d2ce2@sasktel.net> <86ocjlzi64.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4B7E5BFA.6020505@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On 19/02/2010 09:38, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 19/02/2010 09:30, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: > > Stephen Hurd <hurds@sasktel.net> writes: > >> "Dag-Erling Smørgrav" <des@des.no> writes: > >>> Stephen Hurd <hurds@sasktel.net> writes: > >>>> The decision to not support it would be (was?) like deciding to > >>>> not support firewire... > >>> Like Apple just did? :P > >> Oh? Firewire can't be used with new versions of OS/X? > > > Sure it can, but newer MacBooks don't have Firewire ports. > > Huh? > > seedling:~:% ifconfig fw0 > fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078 > lladdr d4:9a:20:ff:fe:d7:47:44 > media: autoselect <full-duplex> status: inactive > supported media: autoselect <full-duplex> > > MacBookPro, less than a month old... > I believe they only dropped it on the macbooks (not the pro.) There was the usual hoo-ha back in 2008 http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9117339/Apple_users_rage_over_missing_FireWire http://www.geek.com/articles/apple/jobs-sort-of-speaks-out-on-macbook-dropping-firewire-20081017/ Vince > Cheers, > > Matthew > _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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