MacBook - What type of Firewire does my macbook have?

shahvikram123 · shahvikram123 #1 (**permalink**)

09-24-2008, 09:43 AM

I was thinking of purchasing a portable External HD. This was the one I was going to purchase:

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/123736

It has a USB 2 connection and a Firewire 400. However the specs says the firewire is 6-pin…Would that be compatible with my Macbook?

has anyone got this drive? is it any good?

walkerj · walkerj #2 (**permalink**)

09-24-2008, 12:25 PM

Macbook? Firewire 400. Macbook Pro has Firewire 800 which is backward compatible with FW400. So that drive should work just fine. I have both a Firewire (400) and USB external hooked to my Macbook and they're great.

shahvikram123 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 16, 2006 Location: UK, London Posts: 632 Mac Specs: Macbook: 2GHZ Intel C2D, 2 Gig Ram, 80 GB HD. Mac Mini: Intel C2D 2GHZ, 2 gig ram, 120gb HD	09-24-2008, 09:43 AM I was thinking of purchasing a portable External HD. This was the one I was going to purchase: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/123736 It has a USB 2 connection and a Firewire 400. However the specs says the firewire is 6-pin…Would that be compatible with my Macbook? has anyone got this drive? is it any good? Vikram Shah
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Member Since: Feb 13, 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA, USA Posts: 1,186 Mac Specs: 13" Macbook Pro 2.26Ghz Unibody 4G RAM 160G HDD Superdrive	09-24-2008, 12:25 PM Macbook? Firewire 400. Macbook Pro has Firewire 800 which is backward compatible with FW400. So that drive should work just fine. I have both a Firewire (400) and USB external hooked to my Macbook and they're great.
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