I was hoping to download some video from my sister-in-law’s Sony Handycam and play with it in iMovie. But as I sat down to do it, I realized it didn’t have a FireWire port (or I.Link in Sony parlance). And to make matters more frustrating, the USB connector was a mini-B5, ie, not the A or B you would see in everyday life. So I was foiled.
But I was interested to see that Sony had removed Firewire from their newer cameras in favor of USB: USB ports have been standard on PCs for 5 years and Firewire is still an option. Obviously, Sony isn’t waiting for Firewire to be as ubiquitous as USB.