On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 08:55:08AM -0800, Tim May wrote: > It's astounding to me that that Apple failed to do basic QC on its > major new release. > > The problem with the Firewire 800 drives using the Oxford 922 chips is > inexcusable. Did Apple never bother to run the new version of OS X with > drives made by vendors other than Apple? (I'm assuming here the > Firewire 800 problem is not present in Apple drives, about which I am > not 100% convinced.) > Which Apple drives? Is there such a thing as an Apple firewire drive, and if so does it use the Oxford 922 bridge chipset? This is the closest product I am aware of: http://www.apple.com/ipod/
It's firewire 400 and most assuredly does not use a 922 chip. If software companies were responsible for bugs in hardware that they do not manufacture, MS would be in much more trouble than it is already. petard
