Posts by ian.morgan

Quote: Originally Posted by saugen48 I guess if firewire was a necessity, someone should have thought of that before purchasing the laptop....just sayin Indeed

Astonishing isn't it ! So the only method at the moment is to try a USB-Firewire converter, which may have limited success?

I guess we could use a USB-Firewire adaptor, but I've also heard of lots of problems with these. The camera doesn't have a USB port. As far as I can tell, the Acer 5740G doesn't have a socket for the ExpressCard. Can anyone confirm, as...

Hi Forum, My Mum has an Acer 5740G which was bought in the last 4 months. She would like to use it to edit movies, recorded on her Digital Video camera. I advised her that she would need a firewire port. It turns out that the laptop...