Sonnet FireWire dongle gives your MacBook Pro the gift of FW400

And in other news, an extra battery can double your laptop's run time without plugging in!

I have had one of these adapters from Sonnet for years, I actually bought it at the Apple Campus Store in Cupertino, it has been great for me especially when trying to use a FW800 HD with pass through to downgrade to 400

You say "Apple received a lot of criticism for excluding a FireWire 400 port, despite the addition of FireWire 800." That should say "presence", not "addition". My two-year-old 15" MBP has a FireWire 800 port.

+1 for Monoprice--a place that sells cables (i.e., a bit of plastic and metal) for what they SHOULD cost.

Wait, FireWire 400 devices and cables can't simply plug into FireWire 800 ports??

I didn't know that. And frankly, that's lame.

As much as USB 2 deserves criticism when compared with FireWire, at least USB is both backward and forward compatible.

A USB 2 device will work when plugged into a USB 1 port, and a USB 1 device will work when plugged into a USB 2 port, just slowly.

Actually.. I'm a big fan of adapter vs cable. That way, it's easier to travel. i have a couple of studios that I go to that have firewire interfaces.. instead of trying to rip apart their rig to plug in a FW800->FW400 cable, I can just adapt at the loose end, and I'm up and running..

As for the cost, it's a little deceptive. Expect to pay $23.98 with shafting and handling.

Any chance for you guys to write "dongle" ... :P

Around $14.24? How much is it, $14.23?

Or one could simply buy a FW800 to FW400 cable...

Cory,

Do you ever do anything except post things everyone else already knows really, really late?

Slightly cheaper cables?

Heck yeah, monoprice has us covered:

http://www.monoprice.com/products/search.asp?keyword=firewire+400+800+cable&x=0&y=0