New imac i7 and firewire

hi
iv actually started thinking about getting a new imac i7 quad over the mac pro quad but im finding it hard to get my head around the 1 firewire port.
could some one please tell me how to work with an imac + and apogee duet and an external firewire hard drive together as well as any pro ( i doubt ) and cons. maybe a firewire 800 hub?? is that posable?
Also, could enlighten me as to why apple would make such a machine with only 1 fire wire port???
seems a bit mum and dad to me.

thanks for your reply.
my problem is that the apogee duet only has 1 fire wire so from what i understand it cant be daisy chained. i think id need a hub but i have no experience and knowledge of either of the 2.
maybe il have to go ensemble instead. ????$$$$
im possibly going for the i7. i thought that was the only quad actually... i need to re-check. i was going to go a mac pro quad and i know that is still the better computer but the cost for me is a lot.
there are things i dont like about the imac such as only 1 FW and only 1 hard drive. 2T is great but it would be great if it was 2 1T HD's.
to me, if it had 2 Fw it would be sold.
so in the end i still may wait til the next generation come out and see or maybe still go mac pro.

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