<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">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.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 <a href="https://eshop.macsales.com/preorder/OWC-Thunderbolt2-Dock" class="">https://eshop.macsales.com/preorder/OWC-Thunderbolt2-Dock</a>/.) 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.</div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:35 AM, Tony Scharf <<a href="mailto:entropymagnet@noisetheorem.com" class="">entropymagnet@noisetheorem.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><pre style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px; white-space: normal; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">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.<br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class=""><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class="">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.<br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class=""><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class="">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. <br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class=""><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class="">What should I do for storage? What's a fusion drive compared to a flash(I imagine that's Apple speak for SSD?).<br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class=""><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class="">Also, how reliable are FireWire to Lightening adapters? I'd rather not also have to upgrade my audio interface. <br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class=""><br style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px;" class="">What does the bar suggest? </pre><pre style="line-height: 21.2999992370605px; white-space: normal; font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web Regular', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Helvetica Neue', 'BBAlpha Sans', 'S60 Sans', Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-size: 15px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Tony</pre></div><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">music-bar mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>