Any Firewire adapter will work great with a dell notebook, as they all have a standard firewire outlet or can use an adapter card.
No FireWire does not need a separate power supply to operate. FireWire is used to connect peripheral devices to a computer.
It uses a 4 to 6 pin firewire which should hook up straight from the camera to the computer.
You should get Belkin IEEE 1394 cable - 4 pin FireWire - M - 6 pin FireWire - M - 6 ft.
The number of connectors will depend on which version of this serial bus interface you are considering. It will have either 4, 6 or 9 circuits (pins) depending on which "flavor" of the FireWire standard you are applying. Use the link below to review the standards and look at some pictures.
CD duplicators used to use Firewire, but these days almost exclusively use USB connections.
I do not believe this model of DELL has a firewire port available. You will need some kind of adapter.
No, you do not need to use a firewire cable. A lot of printers can now be connected wirelessly.
External serial ATA known as eSATA is up to six times faster than USB or Firewire.
If the computer is able to accept PCI cards you will need to add a FireWire card to the computer and connect the camera to that. (See links below)
The following instructions will work with any digital camcorder that has a Firewire port (including the TRV-310): To transfer digital video from your digital camcorder to your Mac, simply plug the camcorder into power, put it in playback mode, and use a 4-pin to 6-pin Firewire (also known as IEEE 1394a, or i.Link) cable to connect the IEEE 1394 / i.Link port on the camcorder to the Firewire port on the Mac. Once connected, launch iMovie on the Mac, move the switch underneath the preview pane to the camera icon (in iMovie HD and earlier), and import the footage.
The FireWire will be disabled until the USB cord is disconnected. Once disconnected, you can only charge your iPod with the FireWire. 1394 (FireWire) does not support data transfer to the iPod...