Just setup a fw800 raid device. to imac 27inch test scores
okay I don't know the rules so if i am wrong let me know I purchased a mercury elite-al pro Qx2 from owc. I put in 4 1tb samsung f23 hdds. partitioned a 4tb striped raid loaded iMac osx onto it via firewire800 loaded xbench and ran an xbench test. I get 228 overall with the 4tb striped raid vs 174 to 187 with internal hdd. here are all my test results
http://db.xbench.com/search.xhtml?text=zzzzz5
so it seems like the owc unit smokes with 4 samsung f3 drives and a fw800 connection.. the random 4k readings are great. I am going to run some geekbench tests. this is a 3.06ghz with 16gb ram and the grapic upgrade . if I can't post results this way please let me know how.
in an effort to answer, internal hdd vs external fw800 I put a western digital 2003fyys 2tb hdd in an external hdd case from sans digital I ran xbench on it, it is a clone of the internal seagate oem 1tb 7200.12 drive. http://db.xbench.com/search.xhtml?text=zzzzz5 these are all my imac's tests on xbench today's tests on march 5 show that the external is about 10 percent faster then the stock internal. this means you can boost your imac's preformance with a high quality external hdd like the wd 2003fyys. the wd2001fass is easier to find it is know as the scopio black in both cases these are 2tb drives. as for using some other external fw800 cases I would really think ones that allow drive removal are easy to test for best preformance. external hdd that come sealed with an included drive may not be as fast. I like the idea of buying a 100 to 125 dollar empty fw800 case and then finding a quick hdd to put in. as we all know opening the new imac to change hdds is not easy so runnung an external may add life to the machine and a boost in speed.
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I recently upgraded to a mac pro, and transferred everything from my old mac via firewire..
On my previous computer, using my aggregate device (Roland Fantom + Built-in output + built-in input) was no problem. I would simply choose in Logic my aggregate device under the core Audio preferences, and I could play logic software instruments with the roland keys, record audio through the roland, and play it back through the built-in line output no problem..
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I have attached a screen shot of the Audio Midi setup screen (where one should be able to create aggregate devices)
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Correct.
when i click the plus or minus (+/-), the blue shade highlighting the selected audio device just goes straight to the device at the top of the list
This is one of the reasons why I am still suspecting some kind of permissions problem, even though you said this user has Admin privileges. I suspect a permissions problem because the symptom you described ("the blue shade highlighting the selected audio device just goes straight to the device at the top of the list") is exactly what happens if you do not have Admin privileges and you press the + button.
I think this issue has to do with the fact that there was not a clean install of snow leopard
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I recently upgraded to a mac pro, and transferred everything from my old mac via firewire..
I know you connected via FireWire, but how did you control what was being transferred? Did you use Migration Assistant, or some other method?
In my comment here, I advised 55plus to check something. What happens when you check the thing I advised him to check?
You have not mentioned Disk Utility. I would use it to Repair Permissions. Then launch AMS. Does the + button work now?
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A four year old machine can't have AppleCare, it's only good for 3 years from date of purchase new.
Your machine came with a boot hard drive, it's usually got about 4-5 years of life on it, then it needs to be replaced.
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So upgrading OS X is a gamble on older machines that otherwise would likely work perfectly fine for the next 5 years if one didn't need to have to mess with it.
Since Snow Leopard has slightly over 25% OS X version market share, your still good for security updates etc for the next few years if you just want to stay where your at and be happy.
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