Hi DG,
I'm wondering why you dislike pci so much. From a specs point of view, it should be much better since PCI has a about 1Gbps bandwidth and firewire has only 0.4Gpbs.
This means pci interfaces should be faster and have less latency. I agree they don't give you much flexibility in terms of moving between a laptop and desktop but I don't plan on that anyway.
Why don't you like PCI? (anyone else feel free to join as well since I am deciding on a new interface and am open to all options).
Thanks!