At 1:23 AM +0000 6/1/06, Aviad wrote: >Hi. > >I'm trying to decide between the MacBook and MacBook Pro. My biggest >issue is with the >FireWire bus. I'll be using a Metric Halo 2882 +dsp on the FireWire >bus so my only options for >external drive on the MacBook would be if it's daisy-chained to the >sound card or connected >through USB 2.0. I understand that the USB 2.0 is not implemented >well enough on Macs (it is >slower than FW400 on my PowerBook) and I'm wondering whether the >FireWire bus won't be >"too busy" with the Metric Halo box connected to it directly, to >perform well in situations >where the external hard drive is working "hard". Can anybody shed >more light on this? > >Also, how important are the graphics card and video memory, in which >the MB Pro is >superiour, to someone who will only use his machine for Logic Pro >and other audio-only >applications? > >::: ::: ::: >Thanks, >Aviad I don't know if there are available cards yet, but at least the Pro has a cardslot which can presumably be used for another FW bus (just as I do with my G4 PB). I would imagine that with a lower track count it would be fine to run the drive and the 2882 on the same bus. When it comes time, I intend to go for the Pro. HTH Edwin -- Edwin Hurwitz Boulder CO http://www.indra.com/~edwin http://www.cafemontalban.com Location Recording Services ----------------------------------------------------------------- LUG Group Buy for Serato's Pitch n' Time LE until June 14th! See http://logic-users.org/groupbuy/serato for full details