William_Robinette
Shallow Member
Well it's time to upgrade the editing computer again.
I'm switching to PP-CS5 which I have tried out on my Win7 box. I like it a lot. Problem is now I also have to be able to do a spot of editing in FCP if the need arises, which puts me square into looking at Apple's offerings.
I have read few loose comments around the board about CS5 not being as "good" on a Mac as compared to it's Windows brother and I was wondering if anyone could expand on that? True? What are the differences in performance?
I am looking at the lower end Mac Pro (2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Nehalem") and stuffing it with a bunch of extra RAM and of couse storage. The issues I am most curious about are two things.
1 - As far as I can tell, the most inexpensive option for the Mercury Engine GPU is the Quadro 4000. Correct?
2 - If I run the Mercury Engine in "software only mode" does anyone know what kind of performance I am going to get out of that 2.8 Quad-core Mac? Workable? Molasses?
I'm not interested in a Windows box anymore. It has to be a Mac, and I don't want to do any sort of hacking to make PP see cards that aren't supported and the like. This has to be by-the-book if stuff goes sideways I can call up support and get real help. Professional no-nonsense system here.
That said I am not an editor by trade, but I do have to do a fair amount of editing. So in that light, please be kind if I have overlooked a seemingly simple fact. About half the footage I edit is AVC files (DSLR) and the other half is a smattering of DVCproHD, XDcamHD and the like.
I need and want the expandability of the Pro. I am not going to get an iMac or a Macbook. And I'm going to try and wait until after NAB, but I may have to buy sooner. Don't know yet.
Thanks!
I'm switching to PP-CS5 which I have tried out on my Win7 box. I like it a lot. Problem is now I also have to be able to do a spot of editing in FCP if the need arises, which puts me square into looking at Apple's offerings.
I have read few loose comments around the board about CS5 not being as "good" on a Mac as compared to it's Windows brother and I was wondering if anyone could expand on that? True? What are the differences in performance?
I am looking at the lower end Mac Pro (2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon "Nehalem") and stuffing it with a bunch of extra RAM and of couse storage. The issues I am most curious about are two things.
1 - As far as I can tell, the most inexpensive option for the Mercury Engine GPU is the Quadro 4000. Correct?
2 - If I run the Mercury Engine in "software only mode" does anyone know what kind of performance I am going to get out of that 2.8 Quad-core Mac? Workable? Molasses?
I'm not interested in a Windows box anymore. It has to be a Mac, and I don't want to do any sort of hacking to make PP see cards that aren't supported and the like. This has to be by-the-book if stuff goes sideways I can call up support and get real help. Professional no-nonsense system here.
That said I am not an editor by trade, but I do have to do a fair amount of editing. So in that light, please be kind if I have overlooked a seemingly simple fact. About half the footage I edit is AVC files (DSLR) and the other half is a smattering of DVCproHD, XDcamHD and the like.
I need and want the expandability of the Pro. I am not going to get an iMac or a Macbook. And I'm going to try and wait until after NAB, but I may have to buy sooner. Don't know yet.
Thanks!
