The latest email from Steve Jobs to a customer who complained that the new MacBook would be incompatible with HD camcorders now that it lacks FireWire reads:

Actually, all of the new HD camcorders of the past few years use USB 2.

Since the original email (pictured) the original sender has replied to which Steve Jobs replied again:

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Steve Jobs
Date: Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Subject: Re: Firewire RIP?
To: Xxxxx

The new HD camcorders start around $500.

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 16, 2008, at 12:41 PM, Xxxxx wrote:

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the fast response! In answer to your statement, though, I decided to look at the selection of camcorders on BestBuy.com since I believe they represent a pretty average staple of what consumer electronics people are buying. Although you are correct that (almost) all of the new HD camcorders use USB 2.0, there are still many, many standard definition camcorders (read: affordable for average Joes) that require firewire. Does this mean to say that Apple no longer supports average Joes from making home movies on their computers? In other words, if I have a $300 firewire camcorder and a new MacBook, shouldn’t I be able to edit videos of my kid’s birthday just as easily as someone who has a MacBook Pro and a $1200 HD camcorder?

Sincerely,

-David