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Re: Macbook Pro - Make the most of your I/O Options
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You can use FW800 drives, no problem and, if they're on their own bus (drives on the FW800 bus, interface connected to the Expresscard) you'll generally see better throughput than using FW400 drives, but this can vary quite a bit from drive to drive. |
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Re: Macbook Pro - Make the most of your I/O Options
Question, instead of FW800 ExpressCard for the Drives, can you do eSata ExpressCard for the drives?
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Re: Macbook Pro - Make the most of your I/O Options
gentlemen -
Big thanks for your input, especially the digi official stance, I wish I'd known this earlier. I'll buy a firewire card straight away. sorry to respond to a question with a question but are there any firewire 400 and 800 express cards (I've seen the one mentioned earlier in this thread for the 400) that digidesign say "these are the ones we know get the best results) I'd like to post the same question on firewire 400 and 800 external disks and enclosures, what are the ones that digi design say " we would use these for the best results. " Great input so far. |
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Re: Macbook Pro - Make the most of your I/O Options
These are brilliant for using with Pro Tools, I cannot recommend these drives highly enough, I have a 500 GB which I use for Pro Tools audio, and I have just bought another one as I am starting too run out of space.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Apple-Mac-1-5T...1%7C240%3A1318 There are smaller models, but I decided to go the full hog and get this!!!! These drives are very quiet and very fast and reliable too. Russ |
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Your computer 17" macbook will crash hard at 26 minutes. Go ahead..... try it..... I dare you...... Ah ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaa!!!!!!!! No..... Really.... Don't do it! Use the siig 400 or 800 in the express slot. |
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Re: Macbook Pro - Make the most of your I/O Options
I'm not planning on using e-sata cards, that was just a question from another guy - good to know though.
more interested now in the benifits of getting a %100 digi approved express card for either FW400 or FW800 disks and getting a recommendation on if the FW400 or FW800 would be a better choice according to digi and finally a disk/enclosure that digi say will be %100 supported/compatible. Had some great user experience recommendations which I've book marked and looking into now. |
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Re: Macbook Pro - Make the most of your I/O Options
Very interested in what
a.) firewire 400 express cards digi class as "safe" or "supported" b.) firewire 800 express cards digi class as "safe" or "supported" c.) if I get a firewire 800 card is that recommended over a 400 card in terms of both performance and stability d.) what brands of disks and caddies do digi design class as "safe" or "supported" A side issue question I was looking at 1 and 2U rack solutions for disk storage so I could keep my firewire disks all together in my rack and found a product like this http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-...Wire_USB2_JBOD This is just a jbod array and has a firewire port for each disk would something like this be safe to use or does digi design have any comment on it ? That is just a bonus questions as something like that would fit my needs VERY well, much more than 3 individual caddies. |
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I am only recommending what I have personal experience with (and enough info from other users) to believe I can safely recommend will work without issues. |
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