Hi, Much of what I suggest has already been mentioned but I'll chime in anyway.
• Due to speed and RAM on-board, I suggest you get one of the Retina Display units. It will come with more RAM, usually 8 GB and with the SSD HD which is considerably faster for doing the production work of Pro Tools. • The external SuperDrive is a USB3 model which connects easily with the Retina Display models and has very quick transfer speeds. • The Thunderbolt to Firewire adaptor is available although you may need to purchase a Thunderbolt to Firewire 800 as well as the 800/400 Firewire cable to make your scenario work. This would be a very quick machine with the likelihood of being useful longer than the older models. Just my opinion, of course. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-04-25, at 6:14 PM, Cameron Strife <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. As previously stated, any of the mac book pros that are non retina > display models will have the superdrive on board. > > Whether you're talking about the firewire 800 port or the Intel > Thunderbolt port, the digi 002 would work with both via a reasonably > priced adapter. (I believe mine cost me around $25US.) > > If you're going to be using it for pt, be sure to get a solid state > hard drive, or, at least upgrade the stock drive to a 7200rpm drive. > (A hard drive upgrade is one of the options if you order from the > online apple store for example.) > > Cameron. > > > > > > On 4/25/13, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Only the retina model Macbook pros, and all Macbook airs do not have optical >> drives. You can get a non retina 2012 Macbook pro and it will have an >> optical drive and firewire 800 which is backwards compatible with firewire >> 400. >> >> hth >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Apr 25, 2013, at 7:14 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi folks, >>> Granted I could ask this on the pro tools list too. >>> Still I really enjoyed the wisdom Anita got when she was putting hers >>> together, and I have some of the same goals. >>> Let me ask the more pro-tools like question first however. >>> My desire will be a laptop. I want to put things together much the way >>> people guided Anita to doing, being sure I still has a cd optical drive >>> being very very sure I can still have firewire 400 access. I use a digi >>> 002, and want absolutely to connect this device to the machine. I think >>> there is still an adapter for this if needful. >>> Now, my goal would be if I can to put what I want together, but pick it up >>> in store, the apple store here in Toronto where I intend taking advantage >>> of the in store training apple provides. >>> I want to support this effort with my business. >>> Assuming I can actually finance the machine in the first place smiles, can >>> I >>> 1, still find a laptop with the sort of firewire connection required for >>> the digi 002? That one is for those on list here who can answer that. >>> 2, if I follow the steps in the other thread choosing the size and other >>> pieces I desire can I indeed place the order either on the phone, on >>> line, or in a store with the item going to a store for pick up? >>> I imagine this will be a unit or so back, which is perfectly okay. >>> My registered copy of pro-tools goes back a bit. it is critical that I >>> can connect the digi if this is impossible, then I will either wait to get >>> the new mac, or get one still with things like the cd optical drive and >>> be sure I can connect other aspects of production to that machine. >>> I know I will be using the full sized keyboard I have with this older mac >>> anyway, so I can type normally lol. >>> >>> I have an older mac here already that I use for production now. >>> I know that seems confusing, but trust me lol. >>> Let me stop here, as I am wanting to be very firm about what I do not wish >>> to negotiate on smiles. >>> Thanks, >>> Karen >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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