Re: To MacBook or not to MacBook, that's the question

[Pieter Palmers <pieterp@xxxxxxx>]

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.
Of course decent firewire is a huge plus for me (as a freebob 
developer). However, the lack of cardbus on MBP is a serious con, as I 
frequently need 2 host controllers for testing, and it is convenient to 
have a built in and a cardbus one for that.

Pieter