Quote: Originally posted by Wiskedjak: None-the-less, Apple has always championed FireWire. To take Apple's hottest selling product and essentially turn it into a USB d…

Quote: Originally posted by crooner: How anyone could defend Apple's bonehead decision to not include FireWire cabling with the new line-up is ludicrous. This is a no-b…

Quote: Originally posted by crooner: Can someone tell me... in order to use a new 'Pod with a FireWire cable must I also purchase the model-specific dock? Can I just con…

Quote: Originally posted by Spliff: What a stupid decision. I've got a G3 iMac and was going to pick up a new iPod mini. Now I have to shell out extra for the f**king fi…

Quote: Originally posted by crooner: Can someone tell me... in order to use a new 'Pod with a FireWire cable must I also purchase the model-specific dock? Can I just con…

Quote: Originally posted by chabig: A f**cking firewire cable is not required. The regular iPod firewire cable will do. Really? I'm quite partial to the f**cking b…

I've tried the f**cking firewire cables. They're not all they're cracked up to be.

Quote: Originally posted by Spliff: Does anyone know if the new iPod mini will sync with and charge from the pathetic USB 1.1 port that I have on my iMac? Just gues…

Quote: Originally posted by crooner: How anyone could defend Apple's bonehead decision to not include FireWire cabling with the new line-up is ludicrous. This is a no-b…

Since the B&W G3. This does suck.

freakin' double post. sorry.

Quote: Originally posted by CatOne: No, you don't need the dock. And you can use an old firewire cable, you can use a "PocketDock" (search for it on the Apple Store) wi…

I think this is pretty retarded also, almost everyone I know with an iPod doesn't have USB but does have firewire.

Wait a minute. I have a 3G iPod and I bought the USB2/FW combo cable from apple because I wanted to see if I could use the iPod's HD at work (PC). This cable allows USB2 transf…

Are the docks still Firewire?

Quote: Originally posted by Randman: Are the docks still Firewire? I have never purchased a dock separately, but perhaps they don't include the cable? The back of…

Quote: Originally posted by porieux: See my thread also. Yeah, like I really want to read more bitching from people who are gonna show Apple by not buying an iPod…

Quote: Originally posted by crooner: I was all set to place an order for a new 6GB mini. Now I have to rethink things. Oh well, only 3,999,999 iPods sold this qua…

Quote: Originally posted by Eriamjh: Wait a minute. I have a 3G iPod and I bought the USB2/FW combo cable from apple because I wanted to see if I could use the iPod's H…

Comp Geeks has all sorts of generic-brand iPod cables for cheap: http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?ca...PodAccessories Those retractable ones look cool.

I don't have any numbers right here, but I recall that Firewire is 400Mb/s stream, and USB2 is 480 Mb/s burst, giving Firewire the edge for file transferring. I also recall that ev…

Mistake or not, you CANNOT buy a firewire power adapter in the german & dutch applestore anymore!

Quote: Originally posted by TailsToo: Simple! As I said in the last post, most iPod buyers are PC users who probably do not have FireWire. It's less expensive for Appl…

Quote: Originally posted by Mithras: Well yes, but this means that Apple is just another PC peripheral company screwing Mac users. It's rather ironic. Apple is not …

I just got it at my local apple store. They didn't have any display models, but I decided to risk it and see what the new blue looks like. I'm very imprssed. The new blue is stu…