On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 17:23:02 -0400, John McGaw <nobody@nowh.ere>
wrote:

>I wouldn't worry about it too much. Find a MB you like and if it doesn't
>have the desired Firewire ports (or USB 2.0 for that matter) you can
>easily buy a PCI card which will provide either or both. A passable
>Firewire card can be had for < $20 (US) from various manufacturers.

Ive seen some on Ebay cheap from time to time. I got one at Compusa
for $10 . They had as they usually do a series of sales on Firewire
and USB cards but havent had one recently . They are already starting
the back-to-school mkting wave so Im sure there will be a sale
somewhere in the next few months in the US.