1·Before attempting a major OS upgrade I first made sure I had a bootable backup of my current Snow Leopard install on an external firewire drive.
在打算进行有较大风险的OS升级之前，我先确保自己当前的Snow Leopard有一个安装在外部火线驱动器上的可启动的备份。
2·There are at least four different kinds of USB plugs, two kinds of FireWire and like a million different ways to connect something to TV or monitor.
目前至少有四种不同类型的USB接口，两种不同类型的火线接口，而连接电视或显示器的连接方式似乎有一百万种。
3·Faster than USB or FireWire, it's basically for external hard drives for quicker data transfers.
比火线或usb要快，基本用于外部硬盘的快速数据转移。
4·An angry "Apple fan" took it upon himself to email Jobs and criticize Apple's decision to wean its consumer products off of Firewire.
一个愤怒的“苹果迷”亲自致信乔布斯，把弃用火线接口的决策批了一通。
5·These would also typically overwhelm FireWire 800 connections.
而USB3.0规范也将在技术规格上超越火线800。