Current setup:
-2.66ghz intel core i5 quad core imac
-16 gigs ram
-3 fw800 drives daisy chained (one used for sample libraries, one for work backups, one for personal backups)
-1 usb audio interface
-1 usb dongle for activating products
-1 external display via mini dvi
-1 usb keyboard controller (piano keyboard)
Is it possible to get one of the new non-retina macbook pros, max it out to 16gigs ram, connect up a thunderbolt drive, and also use an external display with the macbook pro and achieve reliable results?
I want to be able to work on the road, but the new MBPs are actually faster than my current imac so I would probably use it as my main computer until the new Mac Pros come out. My current imac is having major cpu problems since it is too slow for what I need and is also crashing because the sample library drive definitely needs to be connected via a faster way. Also, I will be upgrading to a FW800 audio interface soon so I will need my FW800 port to be empty, which will mean that I won't be able to use my imac at all anymore since it doesn't have enough fw800 ports.
-2.66ghz intel core i5 quad core imac
-16 gigs ram
-3 fw800 drives daisy chained (one used for sample libraries, one for work backups, one for personal backups)
-1 usb audio interface
-1 usb dongle for activating products
-1 external display via mini dvi
-1 usb keyboard controller (piano keyboard)
Is it possible to get one of the new non-retina macbook pros, max it out to 16gigs ram, connect up a thunderbolt drive, and also use an external display with the macbook pro and achieve reliable results?
I want to be able to work on the road, but the new MBPs are actually faster than my current imac so I would probably use it as my main computer until the new Mac Pros come out. My current imac is having major cpu problems since it is too slow for what I need and is also crashing because the sample library drive definitely needs to be connected via a faster way. Also, I will be upgrading to a FW800 audio interface soon so I will need my FW800 port to be empty, which will mean that I won't be able to use my imac at all anymore since it doesn't have enough fw800 ports.