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December 2, 2005 8:00 AM PST
Fifth-generation iPod (with video) Special Report: Can no longer function as a bootable startup drive
The fifth generation iPod (with video) does not include a built-in FireWire controller. This means that while the unit can charge via a FireWire port using an optional dock-connector cable, it cannot synchronize data or be recognized as a FireWire device.
This also extricates the iPod from functioning as a bootable FireWire hard drive, as all previous full-sized (and mini) units had been capable.
Index:
- Release notes
- Can no longer function as a bootable startup drive
- Cell phone interference
- Problems playing back home-encoded video; compatible formats; more
- Extremely slow iPod-ready exporting from QuickTime
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From what I heard, the lack of the FireWire connector has more to do with the
size of the FireWire chipset. With the superior transfer rates of FireWire and it's
prevalence in digital video, I think that it will be here to stay.
- by ifix February 12, 2006 7:26 PM PST
- I think that bootability will return in the iPod. The new Intel iMacs seem to have
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(3 Comments)the ability to boot from USB hard drives, so I think the feature is only gone for
the moment.