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On 06/15/2012 04:46 AM, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:

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> On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Dave Phillips wrote:

>

>> Excellent article/interviews. However, it ignores a rather salient

>> development - the gradual disappearance of Firewire from desktop and laptop

>> machines. The last time I shopped I was surprised to see that FW, like PCI,

>> is becoming rare hardware, presumably due to improved performance from USB3

>> (?).

>

> It's rather because of USB2 stack on WIndows becoming more solid.

> There were times when some M-Audio's USB2 interfaces couldn't be used

> on Windows at all due to IRQ collisions. A friend of mine gave up on

> one and exchanged it to a FireWire interface some 6 or 7 years ago,

> and that was quite common.

>

> So, I thought about this, but then again I couldn't find much info on

> actual rejection of FireWire by vendors as in numbers, stats etc. So I

> thought I'd rather skip it.

>

> Thunderbolt is an interesting approach, but I've yet to see a single

> audio interface for real work, not fun, using it.

>

>> Otherwise a fine piece. Thanks for the pointer, Alex !

>

> You are welcome :)

>

> Alexandre Prokoudine

> http://libregraphicsworld.org

The real reason for vendor rejection of Firewire is the higher cost of

licensing Firewire vs USB. Margins on hardware are almost non-existent,

so every little bit of cost lowered helps.
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