Make The Move? Options

[the_future]

I am new to the world of Macs and music, and I'm looking for some advice. I currnetly have a decent sized home studio that I have been assembling for the last few years, and I have been using an Atari (yeah... I know) for all my midi sequencing, but I really want to make the move to Mac. I have alot of midi gear, and I need some help finding a decent system for what I will be doing. I have an older performa 6400 running os 9.1 with a Sonnet G3 processor upgrade that I use as my internet connection. I really don't want to put this in my studio, due to ram issues, so I'm looking to maybe buy a beige G3. (I'm a poor musician, so I don't want to spend a whole lot of money to get started) I have a Motu MTPII serial interface, but no software other than ProTools free
;)
do any of you out there have any tips that could help me out?
I would definately appreciate any feedback that wil point me in the right direction.
thanks in advance,
Temple

you can e-mail me at cubedmusic@earthlink.net

[the_future]

I don't really plan on using many software modules... I have a ton of midi hardware right now. this is pretty much what I have for hardware:
Motu MTP2 midi interface (I'm stil trying to get it working with freemidi.. see post in <interfaces>)

Roland Alpha Juno2 synth, an older Casio... lol (I'm using it for GM) Korg MS2000, Redsound Darkstar analog synth module, Korg er1 analog drum machine, Akai remix 16 sampler (it's old... but it works great!) I have a few efx processors that I might run midi to later on, but that is about it for my external midi hardware. The Yamaha MD4 sends MTC so I can sync to software... that is how I have been working with audio, and ping/ponging tracks. I found a guy on here that has a g3 upgraded to g4... with digital performer.. so I might look into that also. The old Atari I've been using is really outdated, so I think pretty much anything g3 or newer will be more efficient for what I'm doing

thanks for the advice!

Temple