Which is better? (New) MacBook Pro 15 inch or 17 inch

[shanestt]

Originally Posted by JrummerJ

I would go with one of the new 15" macbook pros. Connected correctly with a 800 to 400 cable, there are no problems running an interface and fw drive. And the new macbook pros with the 1066 fsb, blazing RAM, and faster processors are quite a bit faster than the previous generation. I have a 2007 2.2GHz macbook pro and my frineds $2500 15" 09 version kills mine as far as the plugins it can run, and don't get me started on the latency issue. He can open quite a few tracks with plugs, and record BFD lite at 32 sample buffer.

Mine throws errors occasionally at 128 while tracking with Superior 2.0. Anyway, I think that the new ones are the way to go, get an expresscard if you have to, who cares if it runs fast and stable?

J

Just to echo what he said, you can also get an express card and track to an E-SATA drive (which I do) and that's way better than daisy chaining.

[samwise]

Originally Posted by Obsidian Dragon

I highly recomment the previous model MacBook or Macbook Pro as they have both a firewire400 and firewire800 port (although you can't use both speed simultaneously) but you can connect your devices withour needing to daisy chain them.

what do you mean by you can't use both speed simultaneously?

[JrummerJ]

Originally Posted by samwise

what do you mean by you can't use both speed simultaneously?

The ports share a bus, and attaching a 400 speed device at the same time as an 800 will lower the bus speed to 400, thus negating any speed benefits from the 800 drive.

The new macbook pros are the same, though they only have 1 port. If you chain an 800 device and a 400 device the bus will drop to 400,

An expresscard will allow you to use both on separate busses.

J

[samwise]

gahhhhhdamnit!

and here I thought that having my trusty 800 drives would be a better thing to make my home studio faster