Re:How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists
by guitarbill on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @03:02PM
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out of interest, which platform still has better firewire support? most windows laptops don't have them either.
btw, as someone who didn't use firewire, i hated that port. waste of space, could have used an extra usb port instead. and it wasn't like there was a lot of gear that used it, unlike e.g. ethernet or vga which sometimes came in handy (i also loath vga).
In the beginning, USB1 was no competition for Firewire. 12Mbps vs 400Mbps.
USB2 was more competitive, but Firewire stuck around due to its lower latency for audio applications.
FireWire is a EOL technology at this point so why would they be continuing to work on the protocol ?
And actually you aren't Apple's most profitable customer since you are still clamouring for old technologies. It's early adopters that upgrade every year that are the most valuable to Apple.
Re:How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists
by dkonofalski on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @02:14PM
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They clearly are not Apple's most profitable customers if they're abandoning the tech. If they were Apple's most profitable customers, you'd see Firewire on everything.
Re:How Apple Alienated Mac Loyalists
by dkonofalski on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @04:36PM
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I should clarify that I meant that Apple is abandoning the tech, not the customers.
And I'm not an outlier case. There are a lot of audio professionals and semi-pros that depend on old Firewire interfaces. These were Apple's market for selling high-end laptops! This is basically just disregard for your oldest and frankly most profitable customers. If I didn't feel like a new MBP would actually be sacrificing functionality, I'd probably have upgraded already. Instead, I'm considering a platform switch. That's bad.