Thank you for your input. I should be Getting my New Imac in Jan. I also purchased the Following:
Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD464ZM/A/apple-thunderbolt-to-firewire-adapter?fnode=51
Moshi 800 to 400 FireWire Adapter
http://store.apple.com/us/product/TW748LL/A/moshi-800-to-400-firewire-adapter?fnode=51
27-inch iMac
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Available to ship: 3 - 4 Weeks
Delivers Jan 4 - Jan 10 via Standard Shipping
Configuration
3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM-2X4GB
768GB Flash Storage
NVIDIAGeFrc GTX 680MX 2G GDDR5
MAGIC MOUSE+MAGIC TRACKPAD
Apple WL Kybd (English)+UG
COUNTRY KIT
Samsung SE-506AB/TSBD 6X USB2.0 External Slim Blu-ray Writer Drive (Black)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006B7R9QE/ref=oh_details_o02_s01_i04
LaCie 6TB 2big Quadra Hard Disk Two Bay RAID Drive, Up to 210MB/s Transfer Rate, USB 3.0, 7200rpm Rotational Speed
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0097C4WTM/ref=oh_details_o06_s00_i00
CyberPower CP1500PFCLCD PFC Compatible 1500VA 900W Pure Sine Wave Tower UPS
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00429N19W/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
I work with Photoshop, and Adobe Premier, After Effects and I play WoW on MAC and Star Wars Old Republic and other PC only games. I have a Synology DS212+ NAS for Data and Backup.
I will be happy to report back to you about how it worked out.