Are there any laptops that feature a 6-pin firewire port?

[AmdInside]

Other than Apple? Getting tired of laptops only featuring a 4-pin firewire jack. Sucks because I can't use my Ipod from it for an extended period. Nor can I use a firewire compact flash reader. Or other devices that power off of the computer. What a waste of a port.

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: AmdInside
Other than Apple? Getting tired of laptops only featuring a 4-pin firewire jack. Sucks because I can't use my Ipod from it for an extended period. Nor can I use a firewire compact flash reader. Or other devices that power off of the computer. What a waste of a port.

I was gonna say Apple.

Gateway makes one I think, but I dunno if their laptops are any good.

For Compact Flash, just use PCMCIA. The adapters cost about $10.

 

[John]

What a waste of a port.

I agree. I am still dumbfounded as to why only a couple of vendors implemented a 6pin connection.

 

[AmdInside]

Originally posted by: Eug

Originally posted by: AmdInside
Other than Apple? Getting tired of laptops only featuring a 4-pin firewire jack. Sucks because I can't use my Ipod from it for an extended period. Nor can I use a firewire compact flash reader. Or other devices that power off of the computer. What a waste of a port.

I was gonna say Apple.

Gateway makes one I think, but I dunno if their laptops are any good.

For Compact Flash, just use PCMCIA. The adapters cost about $10.

There is a cardbus card reader that I was considering purchasing (much faster than PCMCIA) however it is rather expensive right now (around $70). Ideally, I would have liked to have a 6-pin fireport port for my Ipod as well as any other cool firewire devices out there. Sad.

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: AmdInside

Originally posted by: Eug

Originally posted by: AmdInside
Other than Apple? Getting tired of laptops only featuring a 4-pin firewire jack. Sucks because I can't use my Ipod from it for an extended period. Nor can I use a firewire compact flash reader. Or other devices that power off of the computer. What a waste of a port.

I was gonna say Apple.

Gateway makes one I think, but I dunno if their laptops are any good.

For Compact Flash, just use PCMCIA. The adapters cost about $10.

There is a cardbus card reader that I was considering purchasing (much faster than PCMCIA) however it is rather expensive right now (around $70). Ideally, I would have liked to have a 6-pin fireport port for my Ipod as well as any other cool firewire devices out there. Sad.

I have both PCMCIA and Firewire CF readers. The speed difference is minor with my flash cards, but then again, I don't have the fastest cards in the world.

But yeah, I will never buy another laptop without 6-pin Firewire. My external Firewire laptop drive and my iPod love it. (I have an Apple PowerBook.)