How do I know if my computer has FireWire support or not?

Question

I've been shopping around for camcorders, and I see that most of them have FireWire or something. How can I find out if my computer has a port for this or not? It's a Dell Dimension 2400.

Answer 1

Dell Dimension 2400's don't have FireWire connectors on them. However, you can buy a PCI FireWire card that will plug into your computer and give you FireWire support.

Answer 2

Don't despair.

See if the cameras you are interested in can download to your computer via your USB 2 port.

It nearly as fast as firewire.

For simple downloading, you will not notice the difference.

Regards, Zyfert

Answer 3

A firewire port looks like this

http://www.hardware-one.com/reviews/Yama...

If your computer does not have this port, then your computer does not have firewire.

I looked up your computer, it doesn't have a firewire port.

You can install Firewire into your computer through the PCI slots with products such as this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...