mac mini for use with m-box and PT 7.1???

[katinka]

hello,

i'm totally confused about which mac to get, and tought about the mini while using an external.
wanted to know if it's a good computer to run pro tools m-box on without problems, and if recording to an external thru firewire is recommended at all.
if i get the intel-based dual core 1.83 with 2G RAM, perhaps a Westers Digital external HD with mac os X 10.4.8 to run PT 7.1 or earlier - will i be a happy camper...?


also - was it a bad idea to get the m-box coz of its white noise problem? is that common?
will it run slowly coz it's a USB device rather than Firewire?


sorry for cramming 67 questions into one message...
thanx,
kate

[lnl]

Me too, - I would really like to hear from anyone who knows how the Mac Mini performs with PTLE???