macOS Tahoe Beta Drops Firewire Support(macrumors.com) |
macOS Tahoe Beta Drops Firewire Support(macrumors.com) |
Replacing that equipment would be extremely expensive - disincentivizing buying new Mac equipment.
Allegedly, Apple doomed it by starting with a poor prototype and then charged too much for each port, while a USB control microprocessor was dirt cheap.
For media, Firewire offered bandwidth/latency guarantees. I don't think USB did.