On 30 Jun 2006, at 13:33, mt100uk wrote: > > > I don't think a firewire hub will improve your performance and may > have adverse effects on > reliability (It has been known to cause problems in the past). I > would recommend running > the HD serially after the Fireface (FW on Mac->Fireface->FW HD). > You don't mention which > MBP you're talking about as the 17" has a FW800 port in addition to > the FW400 one (which > is all the 15" has). If its the 15" (FW400 only) then it is > possible to run the Fireface on a > 400 bus. If its the 17" bung the fireface on the 800 socket and the > HD on the 400. > If all this proves insufficient then its possible to buy more FW > ports in the form of a > 3/4PCIExpressCard. Hope this helps, Mike I really recommend the PCExpress Card - a good investment. I do a lot of work with portables and have used a LaCie PC 800 on my last few G4 laptops with RME Hammerfall and Fireface. It just makes sense to use all available ports. My last G4 laptop ran Fireface,(PC Card) external Hard Drive (FW800) and Powercore (FW400)