Firewire for interface and hard drive

I have a firewire Lacie external hard drive and m-audio 410 firewire interface, does using firewire for both affect the overall performance in logic express, or firewire and usb is better?

Hi John,
I use usb and firewire just because my audio interface doesn't have firewire.
Also, has been using booth firewire ports on my PowerBook, with the Lacie on one and a camera on the other importing video, and had no problems.
So, I think you're ok, you have a G5, Firewire's faster, you really shoudn't have reasons to worry. Give it a go!
regards,
Jorge

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