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Old 10th July 2008, 02:05 AM   #198
Brian!
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Originally Posted by soma spiral View Post
Very interesting. From that page:

By explicitly stating that the MBP provides firewire buss power while running on battery, and not saying anything about MB buss power while running on battery, this implies that the MB does not support firewire buss power while running on battery.

Of course, it does not explicitly say that the MB does not support firewire buss power while running on battery, but lawyers have corrupted language to such a degree that one never knows any more.

I am looking to purchase a laptop for making 24/96 field recordings of nature using DPA 4006 mic's, so firewire buss power while running on battery is important. Nature can be rough on sensitive equipment, so I prefer to use a $1100 computer over a $2000 one, but I don't want to make a purchase decision based on implied language.

I watch and wait.

Soma
I'll check on my Macbook with my FF400 when I get home.
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