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[–] homes@piefed.world 22 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Firewire was awesome, and so was thunderbolt. Do you like USB-C? Cause that’s how we got there.

[–] fartsparkles@lemmy.world 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Couldn’t agree more. FireWire’s Direct Memory Access was such a game changer for scrubbing video footage right from the camera.

There’s plenty of reasons to hate Apple but their I/O has always been outstanding.

Core Audio, for instance, is practically magic. Absurdly low latency with no need for device drivers with hardware that’s class compliant. Just plug it in over USB-C.

[–] homes@piefed.world 4 points 16 hours ago

That’s fucking goddamn right

[–] franzbroetchen@feddit.org 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

So was Thunderbolt? I thought it was still a thing?

[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 4 points 15 hours ago

It is still a thing. Many Laptops still have USB-C ports supporting Thunderbolt

[–] homes@piefed.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Still around, but it’s no longer being actively developed. All effort is going into USB-C and turning it into what it was supposed to be 25 years ago.