Anyway I'll end my comments regarding this issue by echoing the comments of another user.

I think it's a serious mistake to shed the FW ports on consumer machines. I understand that Apple tries to lead the market in technology trends, and firewire is becoming diminished in the consumer market, but there is simply too much audio and video gear that relies on it, and simply saying that those users should purchase pro machines goes against Apple's long standing support of amateur and student artists- embodied by products like iLife, Final Cut Express and Logic Express.

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