Rated 3 out of 5Â by 1
reviewer.
Rated 3 out of 5Â by VideoProducer A needed accessory for a stupid design change
PROs: I can now use my external hard drive
CONs: This adapter conveys all kinds of information EXCEPT telling my hard drive to stay awake while I'm using it, so in the middle of a project all of a sudden I wouldn't be able to save to the hard drive. I had to buy a piece of software (Disksomnia) that tells the drive to stay awake instead.
COMMENTS: I needed this adapter so I could use my external Firewire hard drive. Apple for some reason decided that they would no longer have Firewire ports on their new iMacs--a fact that was not obvious on the website when I bought the computer.
I can think of two obvious reasons why Apple didn't include a Firewire port:
1) having too many different kinds of ports doesn't look clean and sleek, and god forbid anything should come before a clean sleek look on a computer that is used by serious professionals who work in private offices (SERIOUSLY, Apple? Am I supposed to sit there and marvel and how nice and clean my computer looks while it's not doing what I want?);
2) Apple knows you're not going to return the computer, so unless you want to cough up a couple hundred bucks for a new hard drive, they screw you for every penny you've got. Nice business model you've got there, Apple!
April 16, 2013
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