I remember the wailing and gnashing of teeth
when Apple dropped the floppy drive from the iMac in 1998. With download streaming of video content, will anyone miss the DVD drive in three to five years time? Apple hasn't always hit with their standards, but there is no denying that Firewire was a superior technology to USB for a long time. And I never seem to have a problem figuring out which way to plug in the Firewire cable from Sony video camera.