800 firewire is support on new imac intel

[munkees]

I was hook both of my two of my macs for a fast backbone between them, and I noticed in profiler that the iMac support 800MB on the firewire port. All i need is a cable from firewire 400 to 800

Cool another apple gem

 

[munkees]

Disregard

it does not support 800, it 800 for both ports still 400 per port;(

 

[BakedBeans]

ok, quick question

If i bought a 4 bay miniG HD enclosure - which is FW 800 would i be able to use it (at FW400 speed) if i got a 800 to 400 cable?

 

[Platform]

ok, quick question

If i bought a 4 bay miniG HD enclosure - which is FW 800 would i be able to use it (at FW400 speed) if i got a 800 to 400 cable?

Should be possible...

 

[munkees]

ok, quick question

If i bought a 4 bay miniG HD enclosure - which is FW 800 would i be able to use it (at FW400 speed) if i got a 800 to 400 cable?

It maybe possible, the internal bus of the iMac core duo is 800Mhz, and it is untested weather you can get higher performance than 400, if i had an adatper i would try my self

 

[BakedBeans]

It maybe possible, the internal bus of the iMac core duo is 800Mhz, and it is untested weather you can get higher performance than 400, if i had an adatper i would try my self

I'm actually not worried about the 800 speed, im just worried about it working at all!

i need a way to connect a fair amount of storage to my mac that is fairly fast (doesnt need to be crzy speed)

 

[mmmcheese]

Firewire 800 is backwards compatible with Firewire 400, all you need is the appropriate cable.

(i think this is the one http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...OyHUy2Yar1yX1LqhaCYk/1.0.19.1.0.8.25.7.11.4.3)