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[kamomil]

I have officially had it with using a 33k modem to use the internet. Auuughhh!

I tried to buy a Mac Mini today but the guy in the store said better ones would be there at the end of the month. I asked him a bunch of questions and watched him zoning out off into outer space. Dude! I have never owned a computer with so much as a USB port, have some patience! I DID look at the website and would have assumed that one Firewire port would have been enough for a hard drive AND that midi interface I will have to get. You saved me a lot of trouble. LOL

All right, the floor is open:

Mac Minis typically have ONE firewire port. I need 2: 1) external hard drive 2) audio midi firewire interface. Is there a firewire hub, and can I use it with a fast external hard drive for recording audio? The other firewire device is an external thing for converting midi and audio into firewire info. I have a bigass used VGA monitor and I don't want to buy any of those fancy Mac monitors with the firewire hubs built in.

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[solidshadow.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking about replacing my G3 Mac with a Mac Mini sometime.
The only thing holding me back besides money is the fact that the mini hard drives are slower laptop hard drives.
Make sure you get at least 512 meg of ram. More Ram in a Mac the better.

[kamomil.livejournal.com]

Slow internal hard drive doesn't bother me; I will need an external anyhow for audio recording, therefore the 2 firewire ports.

[solidshadow.livejournal.com]

Yeah I just meant the advice in a general way.

[kamomil.livejournal.com]

No problem. The guy recommended one of the newer ones; they all have 512 meg of ram so I'll be good to go.