Once you go Mac..

[Andrew Tarpinian]

My basic rule, and I guess it applies more to laptops lately is buy the absolute max. Also I buy direct from Apple as you tend to get better support. It’s worth noting that I’m buying machines for my business so the value is recouped almost instantly. I would buy the 5k iMac hands down, it wouldn’t be worth skimping, unless you have a have a hard budget line. I never liked the idea of the fusion drive (Apples fancy word for part spinning drive part SSD,) the drive smartly moving data around? I’m sure it’s fine but no thanks. I would not buy a machine with a moving parts drive, I immediately feel a difference, side note, the bigger the flash drive the faster it is :) Also get applecare.

I use the Apple lightning to firewire 800 adapter connected to a firewire 800 external drive daisy chained to another firewire 800 drive then to a 15ft 800 to 400 cable to my motu :) works fine (until this arrives https://eshop.macsales.com/preorder/OWC-Thunderbolt2-Dock/.) The only think with the adapter is I don’t think it can’t pass power, so if I hook up a bus powered lightning HDD to the adapter to a 800 port on a laptop it does not turn on, don’t know if it works the other way around.

> On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Tony Scharf <entropymagnet at noisetheorem.com> wrote:
> 
> So...my PC DAW died a sudden agonizing death. My data is secure and backed up, but it like looks like the mother board might be hosed. It's been acting up for a while, and the diagnostic I ran showed too many red lights to trust it with production going forward.
> 
> So, I'm looking at getting my first Mac. This was the third PC I've had go bad not long out of warranty, and I'm looking to make a switch. My wife's MacBook has been wonderful for her, so I'm just going to suck it up and pay the apple tax.
> 
> Right now I'm looking at an iMac 27 inch. Probably not a retina since it will shave some cost. I know to upgrade RAM myself. 
> 
> What should I do for storage? What's a fusion drive compared to a flash(I imagine that's Apple speak for SSD?).
> 
> Also, how reliable are FireWire to Lightening adapters?  I'd rather not also have to upgrade my audio interface.  
> 
> What does the bar suggest?  
> Tony
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