In a message dated 11/1/99 8:20:13 AM, GAmoore@... writes: << It seems cheaper and easier to simply use a Mac 7500 CPU (one of the first with PCI card i think) without a monitor, and then hook up the laptop to the 7500 via ethernet. I'm just not sure about the hard disk recording part. I suppose you could run LAM remotely on the 7500 from the PB to record two tracks. However, you wouldn't want it to go through the ethernet to the PB hard disk, I suppose? >> I thought about this heavily before I bought my magma chasis. if you have any problems on start up on the 7500, your screwed...cause you can't "see" to try to fix it. and like you mentioned...you can't run LAM on one machine and have it recognize the audio card in the other machine.I thought about getting a blue and white mac and a flat panel display and getting a nice road case for the mac. this would be just as compact, but you still have only 3 pci slots Stacy