On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, petard wrote:
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