Firewire to USB 3.0... possible?

[Johan]

It was a gift so I ain't exactly in a position to be picky or to complain.

Ah, roger that. Great to get a laptop as a gift like that. Sucks that it lacks the connectivity you need. So which solution do you think you're going to go with? Try building your own USB/1394 converter? Replace the interfaces? Something else?