| Final Holiday Gift Guide - Buy These Six Winners For Yourself: Newer Technology FireWire 800-400 Adapter & NuPower Laptop Batteries MyMac.com By John Nemerovski December 21, 2009 Original Article Link: http://www.mymac.com/showarticle.php?id=3822 |
Apple goofed. When the company dropped FireWire 400 for FireWire 800, they left behind millions of users and their legacy FW400 peripherals. We're still here, wondering how to use our FW400 devices with only FW800 ports. Solution: Newer Technology / OWC has a nifty, affordable converter plug adapter. Insert any FW400 cable into the adapter, and you have instant compatibility with FW800 sockets. Question: Why doesn't Apple purchase a boatload of these Newer Tech tips and place one into each new Mac package? Putting the burden of unanticipated obsolescence onto loyal customers is a stupid move. Wake up, Apple. NuPower Laptop Computer Batteries
Company: Newer Technology Knock on your neighbors' doors, and ask them if they have a working iBook or PowerBook with an original battery that is mostly depleted from its factory capacity. If they answer yes, point them to MacSales.com. A new battery can add years to the life of older Mac laptop computers. Follow the included instructions for charging and conditioning your new battery, and it will deliver portable power for most of the next decade.
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