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scarsdaleand
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Ok so last week i finally caved in and pulled away from logic and decided to take the big plunge into pro tools 
So i go online and buy the 003 rack interface with the factory bundle,
That has two Firewire 400 outputs on it.
and with it i purchased the new-
iMac 27inch 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
with 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
and 1TB Serial ATA Drive
Alas in this lies my problem
This new computer only comes with ONE, I repeat ONE Firewire800 port.
So I figure, "okay i'll just buy a Firewire 400 to 800 converter cable"
which I did.
In this lies another problem, Pro Tools recommends that i use an external hard drive with speed of 7200 rpm and uses Firewire 800.
But I CAN NOT FIND A FIREWIRE 800 HUB!
so what do I do?!?!?
The only solution i can think of is:
-Buy a regular Firewire 400 hub
-Use the Firewire 400 to 800 converter to connect that hub to my new imac
-Connect the 003 rack into the hub
-And connect external hard drive to hub at old firewire 400 speed
Do you think this will work???
should i just connect the external hard drive to my imac with a usb 2.0???
please please please help me, I BEG OF YOUUUUUUUUUUUU

So i go online and buy the 003 rack interface with the factory bundle,
That has two Firewire 400 outputs on it.
and with it i purchased the new-
iMac 27inch 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
with 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM
and 1TB Serial ATA Drive
Alas in this lies my problem
This new computer only comes with ONE, I repeat ONE Firewire800 port.
So I figure, "okay i'll just buy a Firewire 400 to 800 converter cable"
which I did.
In this lies another problem, Pro Tools recommends that i use an external hard drive with speed of 7200 rpm and uses Firewire 800.
But I CAN NOT FIND A FIREWIRE 800 HUB!
so what do I do?!?!?
The only solution i can think of is:
-Buy a regular Firewire 400 hub
-Use the Firewire 400 to 800 converter to connect that hub to my new imac
-Connect the 003 rack into the hub
-And connect external hard drive to hub at old firewire 400 speed

Do you think this will work???
should i just connect the external hard drive to my imac with a usb 2.0???
please please please help me, I BEG OF YOUUUUUUUUUUUU