About the Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter

I have a question about the Thunderbolt to FireWire 800 adapter. I want to use this adapter so I can attach two FireWire devices, because I don't want to daisy chain (I need as much speed as possible, so not two devices on one port).
But suddenly I wondered: will I get full FireWire speed on both ports? Or is there some kind of controller on the mainboard that will bottleneck because the MacBook Pro only ships with one port or something like that? So basically my question is, will the two ports share bandwidth (just like when you daisy chain on one port) or will you really get two FireWire ports which you can use both at their "full" bandwidth?

I have pretty much the same need as you and purchased a HP laptop with Thunderbolt port and Windows 8.  I also picked up the Apple Thunderbolt to Firewire adapter.  I have been unable to get Windows to detect the Firewire side of the adapter.  Windows 8 seems to pick up the Thunderbolt controller correctly and shows it as an extension of the PCI express bus.
I have found no set of drivers that I can add that will get the Firewire side to be recognized by Win8.  Win 8 should have 1394b drivers native, so I don't know what the problem is.  I wish I could get this to work, because I just don't have the option of getting a MacBook for the things I need to do.
Right now the only other Thunderbolt to Firewire option on the horizon seems to be the Belkin Thunderbolt Express Dock, but that has 2 problems.... 1, it is still in pre-order and 2, it is ~$300.
Mike

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