Thunderbolt Versus Fire Wire Support Important: This page is dedicated to Apollo Thunderbolt systems for Mac. If connecting Apollo to Mac or Windows computers via Fire Wire, see the dedicated Apollo Fire Wire support page instead. Latest News and Updates Have questions about the new Apollos? Visit the next-gen Apollo Q USB 3.0 is too new to have been supported by still useful (and expensive) legacy gear; and the Thunderbolt technology introduced 18 months ago in almost all new Mac models is still too rare and expensive. ( At 10 Gbps, Thunderbolt it is more than 10 times faster than the fastest 800 Mbps Fire Wire and about seven times as fast as USB 3.0.) So what can the many users with significant investments in Fire Wire devices do when upgrading to new Macs? There are solutions, but all have drawbacks, which you must carefully weigh before buying.[ Check out the deathmatch: Windows 8 vs. O ountain Lion. | For tips and tools for managing an enterprise Mac fleet, download Info World's free Business Mac Deep Dive PDF special report today. | See Info World's slideshow tour of O ountain Lion's top 25 features. | Keep up with key Apple technologies with the Technology: Apple newsletter. ] There's an adapter for that The seemingly obvious solution to a Fire Wire ouster is the one Apple released this fall: its Thunderbolt to Fire Wire Adapter. This one-way adapter (you can't use it to convert a Mac Fire Wire interface to Thunderbolt) supports a Fire Wire 800 attachment; you can then use a Fire Wire 800-to- Fire Wire 400 conversion cable to attach Fire Wire 400.
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