03-28-2012, 03:07 AM
space-time wrote:
so this was the first model with no FW? I don't think FW never returned on MacBooks, did it?
Yes, and no more Firewire on the basic 'books. This model was a bit messy (and ultimately transitional) in terms of Apple's ongoing effort to differentiate the product lines-- I think they left the FW port off mainly so that it wouldn't compete with the MBP line. I think not long after it debuted it was decided that there would only be MBAs and MBPs down the road.