EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

> PCI beasts might already be dinosaurs.

Not when you consider that you could run a full-blown ProTools system (not
the DIGI, that is a watered-down system from the TDM hardware) from your
laptop, or any other specialized PCI card not available for FireWire and
PCMCIA. I think the option is still very viable despite the advances you
mentioned. It will be sometime before PCI goes the way of the "dinosaurs".
The 828 may be right for a lot of people (I have recommended it myself to
this list), but doesn't do what a TDM ProTools system does, a protocol even
Logic whole-heartedly supports. If you want external DSP so your computer
can work on other tasks and do more, you'll still need a PCI bay.