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by Uchikoma 5592 days ago
I don't care who won, I like my FireWire CF card reader.
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smackfu 5592 days ago
Right up until you have nothing to plug it into.
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YooLi 5592 days ago
He can plug it into the new Thunderbolt plug with a simple adapter. Thunderbolt is already compatible with USB and Firewire.
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nitrogen 5592 days ago
It sounds like Thunderbolt is "compatible" with USB and Firewire in the same way ExpressCard and CardBus are -- by putting the host controller that would normally be on a PCI/PCIe card on the bus.
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