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M-Audio: Omni/Delta 66 or Firewire 410?

I'm putting together my first system with simplicity in mind. The M-Audio PCI based Omni/Delta 66 really appealed to me because of the minimal additional equipment required to make basic recordings. That said, the M-Audio Firewire 410 also looks interesting. Aside from the flexibility of using the Firewire 410 with different computers, these products appear similar in many respects.

M-Audio "Duo" ?

Ok…admittedly I am a rank recording beginner, and need some direction with a hardware / software compatibility issue. I play in a little local band and we do some home studio recording on a M-Audio Delta 1010 using Cool Edit Pro 2. This is great for the band but I want to have “noodling” capability and a song development tool in my house.

M-AUDIO MobilePre USB

Has anyone used this?

I am looking for a second interface for my second computer (so I can kick out simple ideas when I am at home, away from my primary system)

I do not need it to be great quality, just acceptable.

What IS important to me is that it does not introduce crashes and crap out the other stuff running on my home system.