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2008-06-01, 14:09

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Originally Posted by Escher View Post
Well, Apple did add Ethernet (or was it USB?) to the original clamshell iBook in the second revision.
The iBook always had Ethernet and USB. Apple did, however, add FireWire in a later revision.

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And Apple started adding CD-burners across the line after originally spurning the technology. So there is precedent. As Mandricard used to say, "hope springs eternal."
But isn't the MacBook Air more of a downsized, simplified MacBook Pro, with features deliberately removed as a compromise for lower weight and thickness?

I think a more suitable example would be when the first-revision MacBook Pro had no FireWire 800, whereas its 15-inch PowerBook G4 predecessor did. With the second revision, FireWire 800 was added back.

So it's possible that, should Apple find ways to cram more into the limited space, they'll re-add another port. But I find it more likely such a port would be FireWire, simply because there is already a workaround for Ethernet, whereas none exists for FireWire at all.
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