Workaround for users without firewire?
[123 byte] By [Moht] at [2007-11-10 21:31:56] 
I've got a powerbook without USB 2.0... could people in the know suggest some alternatives for quick syncing please!!!
# 1 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
You might look at getting a PCMCIA card that has USB 2.0..Cameron_Talley at 2007-11-15 12:46:38 >
# 2 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
And what's that?Moht at 2007-11-15 12:47:38 >
# 3 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
oh come on!!! you don't know what a PCMCIA card is? how long have you had your laptop? i don't mean to offend you, so don't get mad... it's just that i am amazed. Anyway just take your laptop to the nearest IT store and ask them about the PCMCIA USB 2.0 carc just like Cameron_Talley advisedBellor at 2007-11-15 12:48:37 >
# 4 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
Originally posted by Moht I've got a powerbook without USB 2.0... could people in the know suggest some alternatives for quick syncing please!!!
welcome to the lounge :)
try this instead...(it's cheaper!)
http://www.sendstation.com/us/products/pocketdock/combo.html
but make sure that it'll be compatible with the new iPod, but since it works with the PCMCIA card, make sure that it'll work with your pBook before buying it - they don't always.
yinyang at 2007-11-15 12:49:43 >
# 5 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
Originally posted by Bellor oh come on!!! you don't know what a PCMCIA card is? how long have you had your laptop? i don't mean to offend you, so don't get mad... it's just that i am amazed. Anyway just take your laptop to the nearest IT store and ask them about the PCMCIA USB 2.0 carc just like Cameron_Talley advised
Believe it or not but some PowerBooks don't have PCMCIA... like my 12". It has FW-400 and 2x USB but no USB2 or PCMCIA.
Mezzanine at 2007-11-15 12:50:42 >
# 6 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
actually i'm not sure if the new iPod will support FW (bad move apple!! :() - there is no mention of FW here...http://www.apple.com/ipod/specs.html
but if it's like the nano, you'll be able to charge but not sync data!!
man that sucks!!
yinyang at 2007-11-15 12:51:41 >
# 7 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
Thanks for the responses... but you're sort of missing the point!I have a 12" Powerbook so I have firewire and 2 USB 1 ports and no other expansion slots or anything.
What I'm after is a way to add a USB 2 port to my system... A hub? A converter socket for the firewire? Something really cheap and perfectly appropriate...
Moht at 2007-11-15 12:52:45 >
# 8 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
there is no way to add usb 2 port for old powerbook 12-inch. even if you buy USB 2 hub, because of original usb port slower, USB 2 hub will also be slower. therefore, I have to use slower usb port anyway. I know that is sucks. but there is nothing you can about it now. or buy new mac.archurban at 2007-11-15 12:53:38 >
# 9 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
USB 2 devices usually work connected to USB1 jacks. They just downshift to the slower speed. I cannot see Apple chopping off thier own computer users. The shift to only USB was most likely a cost cutting move. This way only one version is needed to satisfy both Apple and WinTel users, who mainly are USB users.ersatzplanet at 2007-11-15 12:54:46 >
# 10 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
Bah, another USB device, more swapping of USB plugs and two lonely look firewire ports on my G3...Performa460 at 2007-11-15 12:55:48 >
# 11 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
Firewire sucks... and it's slower... so quit yer belly achin...PittaMan at 2007-11-15 12:56:46 >
# 12 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
Originally posted by PittaMan Firewire sucks... and it's slower... so quit yer belly achin...
over a sustained period, fw is better than usb2, especially on macs, even though usb2 is supposed to be 480 Mb/s as opposed to fw's 400...
http://www.barefeats.com/usb2.html
yinyang at 2007-11-15 12:57:44 >
# 13 Re: Workaround for users without firewire?
I read somewhere that the reason for no firewire on the new iPod is that the firewire hardware takes up more space in the case than usb. Don't know this to be true myself and can't remember where I read it.shepard at 2007-11-15 12:58:46 >
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