On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 10:50:03AM -0400, Thomas Vecchione wrote: > Third reason? Powered Firewire port(Pro version of Apple laptops only). > I can also count on one hand the amount of PC laptops with this single > feature. Now I will admit flat out, the apple laptops only provide 7w > of power on their firewire ports as opposed to the spec of 15. But it > allows me to run my interfaces that draw power off the port with no > problem and I don't have to lug around a wall wort. The iBook G3 (dual USB) and MacBook both have 6 pin firewire ports. Are you saying they are 6 pins without actually supplying power? I don't have any firewire powered devices to test with.
