Audio drive question...

I'm doing research for PC to Mac convert. He wants the 20" imac to record with Garage Band. I'm involved with Protools on a power mac but know nothing about the requirements of GB with an imac. I'm assuming a second drive is optimal for audio files with GB...? What is the best setup for GB with an imac? Is a firewire drive the only option... if so what brand is recommended? And is one gig of ram enough? I'm sure this has been covered at nauseum but I could not find a requirements page off the Garage Band page. Thanks in advance. (Ignore signature below)...
Dual G4 1.25/FW800 separate internal video drive Mac OS X (10.3.7)

I would think a 20" iMac would be fine for GarageBand. I think several folks here use one. Some with and some without an external drive. I use an external FW drive just for the extra space. Some folks with slower drives in their machines benefit from a faster FW drive.

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I am providing you a link to an HP Support document called “Obtaining Software and Drivers” below. This document will demonstrate the different ways up getting your drivers. From Microsoft, to the HP driver page for your computer, to the original drivers that came with your computer.
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http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=bph07165
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Can i reinstall audio driver ?

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Dear souvikk -
I understand you are having some problems with audio and recording on your computer.
I will try to help.
(You do not state what version of Windows you are running, so I will assume this is Windows 8. If you have another version, you may be able to adapt the instructions to your version. If not, please tell me which version of Windows you have so I can provide you with those steps.)
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Connect to the Internet.
From the Start screen, type device manager to open the Search charm, and then select Device Manager from the search results.
Double-click Sound, video and game controllers.
Right-click the name of the sound hardware and select Update Driver Software.
Click Search automatically for updated driver software and wait for Windows to update the driver software.
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When the update is installed successfully, test the device.
If neither of these suggestions fix the problem, you can try to reinstall the Realtek audio driver. You should install from HP; not Realtek.
1. Go to http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html.
2. Click on Drivers & Downloads, then enter your computer name or model number.
3. Select your operating system, then click next, and scroll down to locate the download.
4. Expand the Driver-Chipset section and locate Realtek Card Reader Driver.
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If none of these suggestions resolve the problem, please let me know and we can try something else.
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