Comment Re:Firewire Common on PC Notebooks (Score 1) 820
Firewire is actually fairly common on even budget PC notebooks, including Dells, so this omission by Apple is all the more perplexing. And Apple still doesn't offer Blu-ray drives or 3G wireless at any price on any model. (No 3G wireless option from the iPhone company!)
I'm fairly sure that's a form-factor issue. The Macbooks are pretty cramped for space. Function follows form these days.
It also amazes me that their latest hardware refresh still caps RAM at 4G maximum. Even Dell has figured out how to go to 8G max on a notebook.
4 GB DDR3 modules for laptops don't exist yet.
That said, there is some great design in these new MacBooks. But Apple engineers waxing eloquently about "unibody" construction (it isn't, by the way) when they forgot the damn Firewire port is a bit too much to stomach.
see above about form factor limitations. They wanted it small and pretty, so "big" things like firewire controller chips had to go.