MacOSXRumors reports:
Apple will add more USB 2.0 ports to its Mac line-ups along with the switch to the Intel architecture this year at the request of its customers. The company is however expected to keep at least one FireWire port on each of its MacTel products. Sources also mentioned the possibility that Apple provides an adaptor that splits a FireWire 800 port into two FireWire 400 ports and claim it is technically feasible. We could not verify if this “FireWire adaptor thing” is possible or not though. No details were provided on how many USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 or 800 ports Apple’s next gen Mac desktops and laptops will have.
Whoo, how very exciting. But this makes me wonder why Apple dropped FireWire support from the new iPod if they’re going to keep on using it…
January 3rd, 2006 at 12:38 pm
iSights? Can you imagine how many people will be serouisly pissed off if the £99 they paid for a webcamera suddenly becomes useless on their nice shiny new computer?