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I use a Presonus Firestudio Project, which uses a Firewire connection, in my home studio. Of course, Firewire is a dead standard but I had seen that Apple had a converter to go from Firewire to Thunderbolt, so when I ordered my ASUS Republic of Gamers computer from B&H of course I ordered the Apple converter too. Unfortunately what I didn't realize was that the Thunderbolt end was the older, larger connector, and the computer had a USB-C/Thunderbolt connector that's a different size. So I still couldn't make the last mile. I ordered this converter, and it works perfectly. A couple of words of caution, though. It didn't work right away, not because of the converter but because of quirks in the Presonus hardware and their Studio One software. If you're looking at this for the same reason, be sure to remember to install Universal Control off the disk that came with the hardware first. Then download the update. It might take a few restarts to get the computer to see the Firestudio Project and get the light to turn blue. Once you've done that, if you're using Studio One and it doesn't show up automatically you can manually select it as the audio device. Then you'll be good to go. This converter has been a lifesaver. I can now record again, and I don't have to try to talk my wife into letting me buy a new audio interface!

Without Apple Care, I couldn't have moved into my new computer. Although the move in is easy if you know what you are doing, I didn't, but Apple Care was there to help me and seemed happy to do it. The only thing not so great about it is that the Help number isn't displayed anyplace I could find. Happily, I still had it written down from a few years ago when I had access.

this computer is fast and its apple... what more can I say.

EXCELLENT CHOICE for any Apple computer.

One of those things you need to have, but wish Apple would include with your computer. Works great.

Always a good buy with any Apple computer.

3 weeks in and still running amazing. Can't believe we didn't have to buy a new computer.

I replaced the Apple Magic Keyboard because it didn't light up.

Work very well and so glad I didn't settle for a non-apple brand.

I bought the computer with 4 DIMM modules and augmented with these (for less than from Apple) to have 6 modules of 8.