Where to buy Mac stuff in Dublin?

Frankiestylee

I spent about 3 hours wandering around Dublin city centre and Dundrum Town Centre today in a quest for a firewire cable for my macbook pro.

Where oh where can one find such a thing? I remember a year or so ago the city was filled with all things Apple but now apparently the only reseller in the city centre is HMV (where the staff member was painfully rude and ignorant.)

In Dundrum I found yet another HMV (with a much more helpful employee) and some scraps in the 3G store, but no firewire.

I would have thought this firewire cable would be easy to find since the macbook pro is often used for video and the like.

Also, why oh why have Apple gone with a weird shaped firewire? Why not the same connection that prrrrretty much every other product has?

My head is truly wrecked.

Talisman

There's a PC World store in the Jervis Street shopping centre and they have an Apple section.

Frankiestylee

Excellent! I must admit it's irritating me that I got a shiny new Macbook Pro for video editing... only to find out I couldn't even connect up my damn camera. Le sigh.

flywheel

i'd go to a place that knows macs (rather than 'pc world') - have used these in the past and found them great:
http://www.themacshop.ie/

Ham'nd'egger

Why are you wandering around the city centre for a Apple reseller for a Firewire cable? Any generic computer shop should stock them; if not let me know and I'll loan you one.

Greentree_uk

I'd assume you're looking for a firewire 800 9-pin cable to firewire 400 4-pin. the mac shop should have these and most PC shops will have to special order them in.

Jaino

I recently bought a firewire 800-400 for my macbook pro in Peats Electronics in the Blanchardstown Centre.

conchubhar1

DubFit wrote: »

i'd go to a place that knows macs (rather than 'pc world') - have used these in the past and found them great:
http://www.themacshop.ie/

yeah if you want to pay way over the top for your apple stuff.

Frankiestylee

Hamndegger wrote: »

Why are you wandering around the city centre for a Apple reseller for a Firewire cable? Any generic computer shop should stock them; if not let me know and I'll loan you one.

Been into loads of computer shops and nobody seemed to have what I needed. I honestly didn't know what I was looking for other than a firewire cable for a macbook pro (I'd never seen the type of connection before.)
As suggested, yup it's 800 > 400, or more specifically an 800 with a DV end.
I also need to grab some connections to get a VGA or S-video out.

I'll drop into Peats me thinks, I'd completely forgotten them in my rushing.

PCPhoto

theres a mac section at the back of spectra at the bottom of grafton street.

I should have a firewire cable somewhere - in my box of bits and pieces. (which is part of the mess that is my room :P)

if I get off my ass and take a look will give it to ya.

Greentree_uk

As I said, you are looking for a firewire 800 9-pin cable to firewire 400 4-pin. Tha mac shop are probably the only people with these

drzhivago

Frankiestylee wrote: »

I spent about 3 hours wandering around Dublin city centre and Dundrum Town Centre today in a quest for a firewire cable for my macbook pro.

Where oh where can one find such a thing? I remember a year or so ago the city was filled with all things Apple but now apparently the only reseller in the city centre is HMV (where the staff member was painfully rude and ignorant.)

In Dundrum I found yet another HMV (with a much more helpful employee) and some scraps in the 3G store, but no firewire.

I would have thought this firewire cable would be easy to find since the macbook pro is often used for video and the like.

Also, why oh why have Apple gone with a weird shaped firewire? Why not the same connection that prrrrretty much every other product has?

My head is truly wrecked.

for any cables

http://www.one-source.ie/

used to be All Cables ltd and they made me up some weird cables that I needed to meld an old external device with USB

They have pretty much every cable you would need

coopersgreen

PCPhoto wrote: »

theres a mac section at the back of spectra at the bottom of grafton street.
.

Not any more. Closed down.

projectmayhem

DubFit wrote: »

i'd go to a place that knows macs (rather than 'pc world') - have used these in the past and found them great:
http://www.themacshop.ie/

Shows how much you know, the Apple stand in Jervis st., Airside (Swords) and Liffey Valley PC World's are run by Apple, with Apple staff... not PC World.

I agree, I would rather avoid any PCW, but it's Apple staff who are properly trained etc. so worth going in for a chat, etc.

K.O.Kiki

eBay.
Bought my FW cables there for less than €3 each.