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  • 04-11-2010 4:20am
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    eoin5
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    Maybe I'm wrong but the last time I had a look less non-apple laptops come with firewire than there used to. Even pcmcia seems to be on the decline which seems like the only other way of getting firewire going on a lappy. Is it on the way out? Does anyone know what way this is going? Are we gonna have SATA interfaces in the future :confused::confused:


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    fitz
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    I'd assume the next step will be USB 3.


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    GTE
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    For the target market that most PC's are built to serve Firewire isn't really used for that much. USB had enough of a strangle hold on most things to keep firewire a handy extra rather then a necessary fundamental for a laptop or desktop.

    Though my laptop came with a small plug FW port it never worked with my Focusrite interface properly so I had to get an express card.


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    Doge
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    eoin5 wrote: »
    Maybe I'm wrong but the last time I had a look less non-apple laptops come with firewire than there used to. Even pcmcia seems to be on the decline which seems like the only other way of getting firewire going on a lappy. Is it on the way out? Does anyone know what way this is going? Are we gonna have SATA interfaces in the future :confused::confused:

    PCMCIA has been replaced with ExpressCard which has a higher bandwidth and has a more narrow size.

    Most mid range laptops should have them, so i guess its a case of getting a Firewire Express Card.

    The last time i chekced, the "multimedia" type laptops seemed to be the ones which had firewire ports,
    such as the Sony Vaio F-Series, and the Dell Studio Laptops.


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