Macos 9 Or Os X?, To buy a dual booting Mac or not? Options

[zeze]

hi all!

I'd like to buy a new dual 1.25G Mac, but I have a doubt about it;
I use a 9600/450, 640MB, OS 9.1, with Digidesign d24 card and Pro Tools 5.1.3, plus Native Instruments, and for this reason I'm planning to buy a dual booting Mac 1.25G to continue using my stuff; I dont know how PT 6 manage soft synths since Direct Connect it's dead, also, when the NI synths will be available for X?
Please, if there is someone who made this upgrade, I'd need a suggestion about which mac to buy: dual booting mac or not? what I'd miss with Firewire 400 instead of 800?
my last question: do I need to install a 10k or 15k rpm hard disk inside the mac to make 32 tracks playback without problems? if yes, what accelerator card suits best?

thanks in advance
peace
zeze

[ThorD]

I bought a dual-boot Mac (the iMac G4) and I am happy with the solution.

For now, I use MacOS 9.2.2 for all my music apps, and I have the freedom to move to OSX / Jaguar when I feel the time is right.

I easily installed a memory expansion card myself, and although other internal expansion options is limited on the iMac G4 there's enough FireWire and USB ports to allow me to hook up the external soundcards, midi interfaces and hard disks I require.

ThorD