Protools, MacBook and Firewire advice sought

Hi there,
I'm considering getting a MB for use with Protools 7 and my M-Audio Firewire 410. My concern is that my external FW HD (for audio) will have to share the FW bus with the M-Audio interface and that performance will suffer.
Any advice appreciated!
MC
PM G4 400 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
PM G4 400 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

I don't think it will suffer as you described.
Firewire will allowed you to daisy chain up to 63 device but there might be some loss performance if you set that many, so daisy chain 2 device altogether won't sacrifice the performance.
Too bad you already have the m-Audio, otherwise I'd recommend mBox 2.
I use mBox (usb) with proTools, but I daisy chain my external up to 3 external, and I haven't see lost performance yet on my project.
Good Luck.

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