Re: New Macbook - Deliberately hobbled?

I see what you're saying about there still not being enough consumer camcorders that use USB as a digital interface with computers. Maybe that's going to change, maybe not. Of course, most of the people putting up videos nowadays can just use their digital camera or digital SLR to capture video and use that via USB. (Take a look at Canon's 5D MarkII as an example of where I think the future of video and still imaging is going).

I think Apple sees that the interface between video devices and computers is changing. Sure, in the short term this could be a drawback to many who want to use their existing FW capable camcorder, but it also opens the door for others to come to the rescue as far as solutions between old and new are concerned. If Apple sees changes in the market on the horizon, why not be a leader in the field?

Apple's spent a lot of time and money creating iApps that don't need the bandwidth that their (and others) pro apps need. Using an external drive for your video with iApps is really not necessary so there's really no need for FW in that respect.

There are plenty of significant differences between the Macbook and the Macbook Pro to justify one being geared to consumers and one geared to pros. Maybe they aren't as big as they should be, but these are first versions of these computers anyway and things are bound to evolve as they always do.

Cheers!

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