Hi. Regarding audio work, yes, of course you want to have all your sessions on an external hard drive. Upgrading the internal drive is still a good idea though. The likelihood of a mechanical drive failing is far higher than that of a solid state drive failing. so, for peace of mind, it's a good idea if you can afford it. (This can always be done later in any case.)
Having an ssd moves things along a lot quicker with everyday tasks too;software updates, backing up, restoring if need be etc. Also, for critical recording, a machine with a solid state drive is going to be far quietter than one with a mechanical drive. And just a note on pro tools for anybody who may not know already... Pro tools under mountain lion has some accessibility setbacks that have not been resolved yet. Edit fields being read as "blank" and certain menus and plugs not being accessible being some of them. The best course of action for now is to stay with the latest versions of pt8 or pt9 under OSX 10.6 or 10.7. Finally, there are no gains with the new version of pt10 that was just released, or in pt11 so for now, save your pennies. Hopefully these issues will be resolved but Apple aren't very open with progress or any sort of time table as is the case with the lack of logic accessibility. We shall see... Cameron. On 4/26/13, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: > This is wonderful all around thanks. > As expressed I will make some slight decision changes in some areas but > not in others. > Thanks much, > Karen > > On Fri, 26 Apr 2013, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> The Digi 002 uses Firewire 400 but the newer Macs come with Firewire 800. >> The >> good news is that it is backwards compatible but you'll need a little >> dongle >> to change the shape of the plug. I've used these to connect older firewire >> >> drives to my newer laptop. Something like this: >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812191015 >> >> Or you can get a cable that has a FW400 on one end and 800 on the other >> which >> does the same thing but you'll pay a bit more. That might be nice as it >> means >> one less connection to slip apart. Of course that assumes the software >> will >> run ok on modern OSX. I'm not a protools user these days but the Digi 002 >> >> specs say they want OSX 10.2 so I'd do some checking whether it will work >> on >> the current rev. Maybe you've already done that. Sounds like these folks >> have >> tried it and it worked: >> >> http://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?p=1954064 >> >> Drivers say they have been updated to add Mountain Lion support so maybe >> it >> works ok >> >> http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/Download/Digi-002-003-Drivers >> >> CB >> >> On 4/25/13 7:14 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: >>> Hi folks, >>> Granted I could ask this on the pro tools list too. >>> Still I really enjoyed the wisdom Anita got when she was putting hers >>> together, and I have some of the same goals. >>> Let me ask the more pro-tools like question first however. >>> My desire will be a laptop. I want to put things together much the way >>> people guided Anita to doing, being sure I still has a cd optical drive >>> being very very sure I can still have firewire 400 access. I use a digi >>> 002, and want absolutely to connect this device to the machine. I think >>> there is still an adapter for this if needful. >>> Now, my goal would be if I can to put what I want together, but pick it >>> up >>> in store, the apple store here in Toronto where I intend taking >>> advantage >>> of the in store training apple provides. >>> I want to support this effort with my business. >>> Assuming I can actually finance the machine in the first place smiles, >>> can >>> I >>> 1, still find a laptop with the sort of firewire connection required >>> for >>> the digi 002? That one is for those on list here who can answer that. >>> 2, if I follow the steps in the other thread choosing the size and >>> other >>> pieces I desire can I indeed place the order either on the phone, on >>> line, >>> or in a store with the item going to a store for pick up? >>> I imagine this will be a unit or so back, which is perfectly okay. >>> My registered copy of pro-tools goes back a bit. it is critical that I >>> can >>> connect the digi if this is impossible, then I will either wait to get >>> the >>> new mac, or get one still with things like the cd optical drive and be >>> sure I can connect other aspects of production to that machine. >>> I know I will be using the full sized keyboard I have with this older >>> mac >>> anyway, so I can type normally lol. >>> >>> I have an older mac here already that I use for production now. >>> I know that seems confusing, but trust me lol. >>> Let me stop here, as I am wanting to be very firm about what I do not >>> wish >>> to negotiate on smiles. >>> Thanks, >>> Karen >>> >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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