http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx/tidbits-talk
I read your article "On the Way Out...", and I agree with it and
appreciate how informative it is. Regarding "Although there may be
one, I can't think of a single situation in which Apple has brought
back some hardware feature that was loudly lamented by the Mac
community.", I can offer FireWire 800 on the MacBook Pro. The first
MacBook Pro (Jan 2006) did not have FireWire 800, whereas the
PowerBook G4 line it replaced (I have one) did:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacBook_Pro#Discrete-construction_MacBook_Pro

Losing FireWire 800 definitely puzzled many (including me) at the
time, but the MacBook Pro I got earlier this year does have FireWire
800, which I'm happy to have. It's ironic that today's MacBook Pro
now has FireWire 800 but not 400, but I presume the right cable or
adapter addresses that.

In the meantime, I am bothered by the MacBook not having any FireWire,
and I think it's too soon for Apple to drop it, so I'd like to see its
return, despite being convinced (by your article) that it won't.

Thank you,
    Dean

Dean Dauger, Ph. D.
Dauger Research, Inc.
http://daugerresearch.com

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