[Eug-lug] deal at Best Buy on Toshiba notebook $249

[dooger watts]

SO glad I've been keeping up with these posts, 'cause firewire is 
absolutely essential. That would definitely be a deal breaker.

I'm the one who posted that screengrab from their .pdf; must be some 
kind of generic manual. Hope nobody made the leap on my say so.

Michael Miller wrote:
> I think I was the one who posted that the 1501 does not have a IEEE
> 1394 port.  If you look at Dells web site page for the 1501 it does
> not list Firewire or IEEE 1394 as a port.  If you spend some more cash
> the 1505 and the E1705 have 1394 but not the 1501.  On the leap of
> faith that the firewire port picture was from a 1501 manual.  Dell
> might send out the same poster / manual for both the 1501 and 1505.
> If that's the case you might be able to get your self a 1505 from dell
> because what's on the laptop is not in the manual.  You might have to
> read the fine print that says firewire only on 1505.  If your in need
> of the firewire port you might be able to return the laptop and pay
> some more cash to get to the 1505.