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firepod/laptop setup with an external firewire HD?

i'm going to be using a PreSonus firepod with a laptop, 1400 MHz processor, 260,000 KB RAM, and i'll be working with the version of Cubase that comes standard with the firepod. the laptop only has one firewire port (which the firepod will be connected to), the firepod has two, one of which will obviously go to the computer. a few questions:

advice on A/Ds / control surfaces.

I'm looking at reasonably priced control surfaces/ A/Ds. I'm liking the US-428, mostly for price. Is it gunna crap out on me or sound bad? is it decent enough? I need something for a broad range of work. Everything from video to theater sound design to studio recording. Worth the money? Also, how worth it would it be to splurge on moving faders, or is that overboard?

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