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Topic: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

Hi All,

Does anyone know if this model has the Ti or Agere Firewire chipset?
Ive got a FF800, which i love... I found a mint model MB133B/A, fresh install of snow leopard, but cant get my hands on it to test for the chipset. I cant afford a new model, with the rev.7 chipset which is reported to be ok with fw800
This model has a separate fw400 and fw800 port.

Any info greatly received.
Thanks.
Jay

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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

FW400 and FW800? If it has the silver keyboard it's fine.

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Jeff Petersen
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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

Hello Jeff,

My MBP is a MB133 (2,4GHz).
This model has a TI FW chipset.

RME UFX - TM FX 1.05 / Drivers USB 2.03 fw 1.58
Mac OSX.8.5 / Pro Tools 10.3.10+11.3.1 / VEP 5.3.1
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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

Thanks guys nice 1, much appreciated
jay

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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

demozic wrote:

Hello Jeff,

My MBP is a MB133 (2,4GHz).
This model has a TI FW chipset.

How does it perform with general audio tasks?

My plan is to use the FF800, with use with Ableton live, dj`ing,  and basic track building

What Audio card are you running, what sort of latency can get down to?

Thanks for the input.
Jay

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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

The guy selling the machine did finally get this info to me.

here you go: FIREWIRE (OHCI) TI ID 8025 built-in now active GUID 002241fffe537b72

Does this look right...?

Jay

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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

Yes, that is the Texas Instruments chipset, and it will work very well with the RME Firewire products.

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Jeff Petersen
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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

Jeff wrote:

Yes, that is the Texas Instruments chipset, and it will work very well with the RME Firewire products.

great thankyou for the info.

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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

demozic wrote:

Hello Jeff,

My MBP is a MB133 (2,4GHz).
This model has a TI FW chipset.

Is this model also known as the  A1260 ??

Im new to macs and dont no the rules..lol, any info would be great.
thanks.

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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lo … ords=a1260

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S-E Hansson wrote:

http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lo … ords=a1260

regards S-EH

perfect thanks, .

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Re: Has anyone got this model of Macbook pro MB133B/A 2.4GHz

What do you guys reckon on buying a mint condition  MBP A1260...which is nearly 2 years old, no warranty, ?450-500.?
It has the TI chipset in, as you all confirmed for me, i think one of the last models to do so, before AGERE.

As i believe the new MBP 15" has the `rev 7 agere `firewire in but your talking ?1500 mark...

Some reviews say they run hot? so i dont know what the general life expectancy is on these...i guess its all relative to use, but are we talking 2-3 years?
just wondering if its a good idea, but that is my budget and it will be used for Ableton to dj, so i dont really need anything more powerful.. in time i could always fit a SSD 80gb drive and it would really fly...

Any thoughts ...thanks..