Thanks for the advice but i believe your missing the point which is.........
Apple could have included FW 400 on the new MacBook. If they had
no one would be talking about it being an issue.

The point many users are discussing is why limit a products use
when it's clear that many of your core users require the feature.

The little white Macbook has been used with protools. That was because
it came with firewire 400 and the user could record to a fast external
hard drive using the Apogee Duet, which is firewire. Yes the track count
would have been limited but now the use of the MacBook in this regard is impossible.

It's not an issue for me in particular but it does seem strange that
Apples does this kind of stuff only to reverse itself later on.

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