Intel Macs can boot from USB drives

FireWire is living! Think of all the DV-Cams, and Audio-Interfaces via. FW.
I don't mind if most peripherials are usb2 because then firewire is free for the important things like low latency audio editing and dv-cams (or hdv-cams:)

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For theose that may be interested, the iMac Intel Core Duo will boot to an external USB hard drive. I'm using a 3.5" External SATA Hard Drive Enclosure (USB 2.0) that I cloned from one of my external Firewire hard drives. Only the iMac Intel Core Duo version of OSX will boot. Intuitively, the USB drive seems just as fast as any of my Firewire drives.

I thought it was *impossible* to boot from USB because of technial limitations.

Most people who knock FireWire do so because they don't understand why it's better than USB2 in many applications. Here's a good rundown for those who don't "get it":

http://www.dv-gear.com/digital-video-capture-card/firewire-vs-usb.htm

I'd rather boot off FireWire.
But flexibility is nice, so hooray for the new Macs ability to boot from either.

Booting from USB isn't really that amazing. Now if target disk mode would work on either USB or Firewire that would be excellent. Target disk mode makes imaging machines a breeze and the problem with usb is that the chip is host controlled so maybe they could offload that onto EFI. Any news on that development?

Hey, a slimmed down version of OsX running on a USB key would surely be something wonderfull for techies.. I know that similar installation for windows do wonders..

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Besides my HP ZD7000 laptop has firewire. Firewire will be around for a while...still the best way to hook up a video camera.

It never ceases to amaze me how many folks believe the "Apple is going to do away with firewire" myth.

1- That was for iPods ONLY. to cut the unit manufacturing costs on a $300 device.
2- It would orphan MILLIONS of DV cams that are firewire out. Last I checked most of the new ones are STILL firewire. Can you say iMovie/Final Cut??