http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/adapter.designed.for.macs.and.pcs/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/fwsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sonnet on Tuesday introduced the Allegro FireWire 800 PCI Express (PCIe) adapter card. The upgrade features Texas Instruments' XIO2213A FireWire 800 controller, along with three FW ports that support write speeds of up to 70MB/s. Power is provided for bus-powered external drives, audio interfaces, or other equipment, while plug-and-play compatibility automatically supports PCIe 1.1 and 2.0 slots. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/10/adapter.designed.for.macs.and.pcs/ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/drive.burns.blu.ray.discs.at.up.to.12x.speeds/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/owcsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing on Tuesday announced that it is now offering a Mercury Pro external Blu-ray drive with a quad interface. Users can choose between USB 2.0, FireWire 400, FireWire 800, or eSATA connection methods. The company claims the Pioneer BDR-205 can reach burn speeds of up to 12X on Blu-ray discs, 16X with DVDs, 4X on DVD-DL media, and 40X for CDs.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/drive.burns.blu.ray.discs.at.up.to.12x.speeds/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/03/on.the.go.portable.drives.reach.750gb/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/owc750-story-03.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />OWC has launched new 750GB notebook drive products. The new capacity drives arrive in bus-powered On-The-Go Pro models, with three connectivity options. The top-of-the-line triple interface offers FireWire 800/400 and USB 2.0 connections, while a dual-interface FireWire 400/USB 2.0 and a USB 2.0-only version are available for reduced pricing.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/03/on.the.go.portable.drives.reach.750gb/ Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/mac.mini.box.photo.leak/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/macmini2009-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A new leaked image appears to show the retail packaging for the next-generation Mac mini. The photo, posted on OneMoreThing.nl, features a Mac mini with five USB connectors, a Mini DisplayPort and a FireWire 800 port. The design elements match a previous image leak and video, while a NVIDIA logo adds evidence to reports claiming the upcoming device will use the GeForce 9400M graphics and controlle... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/02/mac.mini.box.photo.leak/ Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/24/owc.blu.ray.burner/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0902/bdrsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing has launched the Mercury Pro BDR-203, a quad-interface external Blu-ray burner that supports 8X write speeds of up to 2GB per minute. Interface options include FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA, with plug-and-play support for both Windows and Mac platforms. Along with Blu-ray discs, the burner can also write to DVD-RAM, DVD Dual-Layer R/RW, DVD-R/RW and CD-R/RW.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/24/owc.blu.ray.burner/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/15/motu.firewire.interface/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0812/travelersml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />MOTU has unveiled the latest version of its mobile FireWire audio interface, the Traveler-mk3. The device now offers V-Limit signal overload protection, hi-Z guitar inputs, a 32-bit floating-point DSP and two banks of optical inputs and outputs. The traveler can be bus-powered directly from a notebook or desktop computer, or attached to an external battery pack if needed. The system allows all 28 ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/15/motu.firewire.interface/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/20/ezquest.thunder.pro.raid/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0811/ezquestsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />EZQuest has introduced the Thunder Pro Triple series of A/V RAID storage devices. Each unit offers two FireWire 800 ports, a FireWire 400 port and a USB port. The three-drive arrangement ships pre-configured as RAID 0 for the highest capacity and speed. The Oxford-chipset Hitachi SATA II drives run at 7200RPM with up to 64MB buffer cache. EZQuest claims data transfer speeds up to 80MB per second, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/20/ezquest.thunder.pro.raid/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/29/macbook.firewire.issues/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/mbpro2g.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The "unibody" aluminum housing on the new MacBooks might have been a contributing factor to the designers' decision to not include a FireWire port, according to Rainier Brockerhoff's analysis. The new internal layout of components aligns each peace to eliminate any overlap, except for the keyboard. This contributes to the strength of the design and the compact form-factor. The motherboard remains ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/29/macbook.firewire.issues/ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/22/owc.external.bd.burners/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0810/owcbluraydrive1.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Other World Computing (OWC) on Wednesday introduced its Mercury Pro Blu-ray external drives, the first on the market, the company says, that include a quad interface. This includes FireWire 800, FireWire 400, USB 2.0 and eSATA connectivity options for both Macs and PCs, allowing the external drives to write Blu-ray media at speeds up to 4X or 150MBps, or twice as fast as OWC's previous generation ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/22/owc.external.bd.burners/ Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/17/synchrotech.adapters/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0810/synchsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Synchrtotech has introduced two new connectivity products, including a FireWire 800 to 400 adapter and a CFMulti CompactFlash Eye-Fi card. The FireWire adapter plugs into a nine-pin FW800 port and allows a six-pin FW400 device to be connected. The device will allow users of the new MacBook Pro to connect any FireWire 400 devices to their new Mac which now only offers a single FireWire 800 port. Th... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/17/synchrotech.adapters/ Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:30:00 GMT