Mac Pro

Hey, I'm having no problem cutting HVX footage on my "lowly" 2 GHz MacBook Pro. More than twice the processors and a higher clock speed are certainly not going to hurt.
 
Thanks for all your advice. I'm still deciding currently and it's good to know that Adobe is not yet Universal for the Intel Chip.

As for the ram and harddrive, that link to macworld's Q&A posted on this thread goes into detail about that. I think the harddrive is SATA II and the ram has a heatsink and is different from the previous powermac ram.

I'm sure you can still find the hard drives cheaper somewhere else, but as for the ram, I'm not sure. I'm usually worried about ram. I'm always afraid it's from a different manufacturer and will mess up the machine. Or having 2 different brands on the same CPU can cause problems. Or if it's two 1gb sticks mixed in with two 512mb sticks. Any thoughts on all this?

I wonder how the Seagate's new drives are doing. They have that new perpendicular technology that supposedly is faster?

If I get a Mac, will it be able to get access to the internet from my linksys router or do I really need airport extreme?
 
Just wondering what card you would need to install in the mac if you were using the BT-LH1700 as your editing monitor ?
 
Considering that the base model video card will drive the 30" Cinema Display, I think it's safe to assume it'll power most any monitor.
 
jeffyjones said:
Considering that the base model video card will drive the 30" Cinema Display, I think it's safe to assume it'll power most any monitor.
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I'm not so sure Jeffy! I think, please correct me if I'm wrong but the base model Video card is SDI-D out and canott be connected to the BT-LH1700. Like I said I'm not so sure about this. I think I would need a Decklink card which seems to be a universal card for use with different editing progs and equipment. If anybody is using the BT-LH1700 with the mac maybe you could clear this up as I was hoping to buy the Mac Pro. Cheers !
 
I'm glad the Mac Pros have been announced although i would have preferred a design change (not saying it's ugly).
For someone like me however, mid-life career change and just learning my chops, I think the Intell I-mac is still a better bargain. Once my business gets going and the new Mac Pros have dropped in price then I'll look at upgrading. The I-Macs should be going down even further on Ebay now the MacPros are out.
 
They're not that expensive compared to a PC with the same specs. I'll probably still go with PC on my next build, but damn these Mac Pros are looking nice.
 
I'm on the same boat as you are Noct, I'm into building my machines as well. Although it's a headache at times.:badputer:
 
Why?

Why?

Noct " I'll probably still go with PC on my next build, but damn these Mac Pros are looking nice."

Why?

A Mac Pro will run Mac OSX and Windows.

It does not get any better than that! Until the Mac Pro can run Linux also.

MLCinema
 
Mac Pro = teh seksy. Dang, my posts are adding no substance lately. I gotta get back to my roots of being an opinionated bastid.
 
MLCinema said:
Noct " I'll probably still go with PC on my next build, but damn these Mac Pros are looking nice."

Why?

A Mac Pro will run Mac OSX and Windows.

It does not get any better than that! Until the Mac Pro can run Linux also.

MLCinema
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It's because us PC users enjoy building our own systems like some car enthusiasts like building hot rods. You can always go down to the dealership and buy yourself a Toyota, but where's the fun in that?

Plus, a Mac is still a Mac. They kind of give me that creepy feeling. :grin: I shouldn't say anything. I'm on a Mac right now typing this (G4). I still might get one of the new Macs later on. The thing is PC component prices seem to be honest. Macs don't decrease in value as much, and they should. Especially now since the technology is almost identical. If it's not identical, then I really don't trust running XP on them.
 
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