I may have to use a sony laptop apart from my iBook and I am buying a 20gb ipod. Does it come with a 6-to-4 pin firewire converter since Sony laptops only have 4 pin non-powered i.Link?Thanx ...

Bilingual cables connect “legacy” FireWire devices to FireWire 800 interfaces — they have either a 4 or 6-pin Firewire connectors on one side and 9-pin connectors on the other.