FireWire made a big mistake not thinking through the connector from day one. The FW400 connector is too loose, it's not safe. The FW800 is better, but still a little strange. The people behind USB thought things through with this. The USB connector is physically very stable. It sticks to the port unlike any of the FW.
I felt like FW lost the battle when they had to change the connector. My MacBook Pro should have two FW and two USB. Instead it has one FW400, one FW800 and 2 USB. This is stupid...
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FireWire made a big mistake not thinking through the connector from day one. The FW400 connector is too loose, it's not safe. The FW800 is better, but still a little strange. The people behind USB thought things through with this. The USB connector is physically very stable. It sticks to the port unlike any of the FW.
I felt like FW lost the battle when they had to change the connector. My MacBook Pro should have two FW and two USB. Instead it has one FW400, one FW800 and 2 USB. This is stupid...