Advice on chain of hardware connectivity

[ashpoon]

Hi,

I'm planning to buy one of the new mid-2010 21.5" iMacs with a Core i5 processor upgrade (and upgrade of RAM to 8GB). I own an Mbox 2 Pro (2 FW 400 ports) and an external OWC Elite AL-Pro Mini HD (2 FW 800 ports).

The iMac only has 1 FW 800 port. How should I connect the hardware together?

I guess I really only have two options considering there's only one port on the iMac:

1) iMac > (thru FW800-400 adaptor) Mbox 2 Pro > (thru a FW 400-800 adaptor) External HDD.

2) iMac > External HDD > (thru FW 800-400 adaptor) Mbox 2 Pro.

Basically I'm wondering if option 2 is actually feasible so I can just cut out one of the adaptors altogether.

If not, will option 1 work fine?

[albee1952]

The best choice is going from the computer to the drive first, then on to the Mbox. OWC is now modding iMacs with eSATA and/or second internal drives. Something to think about