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Originally Posted by Uncle Peter
If you're going to do music production then get ready to have things hanging off that single Firewire 800 port  If you're using outboard gear then I'd recommend a decent FW audio interface. Working with multitrack audio you'll also need an external HDD (7200RPM). The Mac Pro is handy because you have the option of using PCIe audio interfaces and DSP cards like the UAD1 plus support for multiple internal HDDs. |
This is one thing that gotme thinking. I currently use a PCI sound card in my PC. I realise I would need to get either a firewire or USB soundcard. It all adds to the price.
Software wise, Reason and Ableton will be fine. It's just some VST's that won't work on Mac from what I've read.
I don't tend to use external equipment at the moment apart from my midi keyboard which takes USB so not much of a problem.
Although it is true that the Imac would become redundant and out of date, I tend to keep my computers quite long. I had a 486 for about ten years and my Pentium4 3.2ghz has been going strong for the past 5 years.
I read about someone using his Mac to remote into his PC using a remote desktop. That was his way of controlling both PC and Mac at once.
Apple should really let people use the Imac as an external monitor. It would be very helpful indeed.