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[Daren_Mitchell]

Any idea if the video out is extended or mirrored? I'd love one of these but groan at the thought of a 13" monitor. (I have a 24" wide screen at work and am admittedly spoiled rotten by it.)
Thoughts?

[hayesk]

No Firewire on the MacBook - only on the Pro model. That's a deal-breaker for me.

[tony_d]

Its better looking than those spy shots. But no FW? So I'm guessing Target Mode is out on the MacBooks. Also, will iMovie work with USB video cameras?

[TAllenSr]

I am STUNNED that they completely dropped FireWire from the MacBooks. Regardless of what USB fans say, even FW400 is better than USB 2 for external hard drives and Camcorders.
I know they pushed the specs of the MacBook up really close to the MB Pros now, but did they feel they needed to drop FW simply for product line differentiation? I guess the fully-loaded MacBook Black I just bought my son a month ago is not looking so "bad" after all then.

[dak]

@Daren Mitchell
Macbook video has been extended since day one.

[hayesk]

The answer is on Apple's tech specs page:
http://www.apple.com...book/specs.html

[mkloos]

They didn't completely drop FW from the MacBooks...the low-end white MB is still in the lineup as the sub-$1000 option, and that one has an FW port.
I'm not too heartbroken about having bought the low-end MB two months ago. There's not a lot in the new MBs that makes me want to run out and trade up. (I actually like the white enclosures.)

[Steven Day]

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but with the later versions of Leopard on Intel machines, I believe it is possible to at least boot up from a USB 2.0 device. Nonetheless, I would have liked to see FW remain on the MB. But the new graphics card!

[huzzam]

Without Firewire, these are useless also for serious audio work. All mid-level or pro audio interfaces are Firewire (or internal cards).
(USB2 doesn't guarantee a given transfer rate, so it's unreliable for time-dependent streams of information, such as audio being recorded.)
Looks like I'm sticking with my two year old white MacBook (on which, yes, I've now produced two cds of my 9-13 piece brass band, fully multitracked, mixed in the box) until they bring Firewire back.

[Daren_Mitchell]

Thanks!

[Daren_Mitchell]

Color me embarassed! :0 Thanks for the link.

[jamus]

So how much actual ram on the GeForce 9400M? Or does it share system ram like the Intel ones?

[missinglina]

Why Apple, why? Why do u give but take away. What's wrong with FW--why not include it?