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>  >  Lets hope that with apple's clear motions in
>  >the direction of recapturing the audio market they will start making
>>some boxes with a more professional attitude in this area.
>
>
>And does the fact that they dominate the pro market mean anything?

In the context of this conversation?

No.



>I work on a Mac with 1 PCI slots (my personal rig has 10). I prefer 
>using an expansion chassis as there is more flexibilty in choosing 
>sizes.

Good for you.

I need about 6 PCI slots.  I don't need more and I do not want to pay 
a huge amount of money for an expansion chassis.   Mac used to make 5 
(or 6?) slot machines.  When they stopped a lot of pros complained. 
The only people who did not complain were Digi and Magma.


>I also don't want them to make a bigger chassis which won't fit into 
>a 19" rack, which is a requirement for pro use.

Well I though I know they must be out there somewhere, have never 
once seen a Mac in a 19" rack space in a pro musicians home or in a 
pro studio so I guess not too many pros are seeing that criterion as 
an absolute.   But at any rate there is absolutely not reason I can 
see that they could not make a machine that would have six slots 
*and* fit in a 19" rack space.


>Maybe they exsist (I haven't looked very hard) but I
>haven't seen any 6 slot PCs that are rackable (not that finding a 6 slot
>rackable PC is a criteria for me).

I am sure they do.  I am a Mac guy too for about 13 years but I have 
not confused the Macs merits with its Liabilities.  Talk about a lack 
of PCI slots being an advantage to a PC and you will be in real 
danger of arrest for committing murder by the willful induction of 
hysterical and uncontrollable laughter.