Using same computer to edit and surf the internet?

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DVX100Shooter

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someone told me that I should use my MAC for strictly editing and another computer for surfing the internet. Right now I use my MAC for everything. Is there any reason why I should not use the mac for the internet? I mean i have had no issues or anything.
 
They say you should use your editing rig only for editing. I edit and surf on the same box, though.:embarasse I just don't like all the hassles of using my PC for surfing -- viruses, etc.

Right now my build is becoming unstable; but that's after a year of abuse. Anyway, it's probably a good idea to make your editing box a dedicated workstation.:thumbup:
 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, and you should never have sex with psychotic women either... Like that has ever stopped anybody!

Truth is, you probably shouldn't, especially while editing. But if you do, so what? You take a risk of catching a nasty virus and losing everything your client has paid you to do. With deadlines being the pain they are, you might not want to risk it. Truth is, I surf and edit, AND game on my machine, and never really had an issue. BUT I won't let my family use my machine. My wife's PC is the "family" computer, and it is always downed by viruses.
 
If one of those two-system proponents would like to buy me a second computer, I'll gladly edit on just one.

I say, just keep on top of system maintenance. Maybe run Applejack every month (I do) to clean out caches, etc. Jeezo, I'm still running a dual 533 G4 (a MBP should be in the offing soon, I hope) and I haven't had any problems editing -- aside from it being stupidly slow -- in the three decades I've had the machine.

Fox
 
I use PC for internet, word, final draft, email, the odd game and MAC for editing. I do upload stuff to my webserver via mac regularly.
 
I have one laptop and that's it.
It has many uses. Editing, long format capturing, live webcasting, Photoshop, DVD authoring, 3Ds Max, Word & excel for everything, Powerpoint - including the occasional job running Gaphics for live productions, Teleprompter, Studio clock, web editor, web surfing with IE, capture and transfer of various video & photo releases, foruming, occasional game of "Worms". MSN messenger and Skype practically always open, and scanned weekly by Symantec's Coporate virus protection. Either docked at home with more UBS gear plugged in than you can shake a stick at, or on the road (or plane). Runs across the Atlantic and back a couple of times a year. Little sucker gets some heavy use. Drives are always full to the brim, and far too many programs running at a time, but it does keep on working *fingers crossed*.

Should I have seperate machines? Sure. But the one does the million jobs it has to and I can take it with me.

.. And a 2nd monitor attached and deicated for DVXuser :) Really.


- Mikko ... is also connected 24/7 by his PDA & cellphone when he takes a break from the laptop.
 
Why does this keep popping up again and again? The claim that PCs will be infested with all sorts of nasty bugs if they are connected to the internet are vastly overexadurated and usually planted by mac fanatics.

I run the same computer on the web and when editing for a multitude of reasons (most importantly that the constant updates that come out from Adobe require an internet connection) and I don't have any problems with viruses, malware, adware, pop-ups or anything else.

Why you ask? the answer is stupid simple:

- Router
- Norton Antivirus
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- common sense

The router makes my computer invisible to the internet and prevents any direct attack on it. Norton kills 99% of all viruses/trojans that get past the router (a total of 2 over the last 5 months). Firefox is smart enough to prevent skimming, pop-ups, trojans and other malicious script. Thunderbird refuses to download and run bad scripts and viruses in emails. Common sense tells me that when I find a website that claims my computer is about to explode and that I need to download some software I've never heard of it's most likely not a good idea to do so.

When I edit, I log on to a user profile that is optimized for video editing based on the Videoguys setup.

This computer was bought in February 2004. It crashed 5 times in the first three weeks before I realized the SATA cable to the main drive was busted. Once replaced the computer has not crahsed once. I have had no viruses, no spyware, no adware, no trojans, no harmful stuff of any kind.


mor10
 
I use one computer for everything, And i mean everything, Im a semi-Pro gamer, So i have to beable to play my games, Edit, Surf, and pwn. All on one machine :-D
 
morten said:
Why does this keep popping up again and again? The claim that PCs will be infested with all sorts of nasty bugs if they are connected to the internet are vastly overexadurated and usually planted by mac fanatics.

I run the same computer on the web and when editing for a multitude of reasons (most importantly that the constant updates that come out from Adobe require an internet connection) and I don't have any problems with viruses, malware, adware, pop-ups or anything else.

Why you ask? the answer is stupid simple:

- Router
- Norton Antivirus
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- common sense



mor10
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I agree totally and use the same tools with zero issues. When I read posts about how messed up PC's get from going online I just shake my head and wonder what people are doing online? Having said that, my edit box never goes online or plays games, it doesn't have any software loaded other than that pertaining to the video/ editing workflow.
 
The only problem with running all that anti-virus stuff is that it can slow down your computer though this isn't as much of an issue with quad core processors coming out...
 
morten said:
- Router
- Norton Antivirus
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- common sense
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I agree, with the exception of Norton. I use AVG because it's free and works just as well for me.

The only real reason I have a separate editing machine is to keep it free of processes it doesn't need. Things like AE eat up tons of resources. That and I don't like a single point of failure.
 
As far as Norton goes, I never liked it. It has a way of changing things around and making your system very problematic. Not always, mind you, but that is the experience I have had with it, others too.
 
Shaw said:
The only problem with running all that anti-virus stuff is that it can slow down your computer though this isn't as much of an issue with quad core processors coming out...
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I dunno, I have a 3Ghz P4 with 1 gig of RAM as my "work" machine. And I run AVG, SQLServer, MySQL, Apache, Tomcat, Eclipse, etc. all at once, and it seems to run fine.

I haven't used Norton in years, but I've found AVG to have a very minimal footprint.
 
I've had bad experiences with AVG and other virus killers. I use norton because I have a script that kills it whenever I don't want it to run (like when I do AE renders etc).

one thing I've discovered which is quite disconcerting is that a couple of times when I've helped friends with infected computers their own virus killer has ignored certain infections while Norton catches them right away. my experience is that Norton is on top of the new threats like noone else. and my non-infected systems are a testament to that.

yes, norton eats resources, but it can also easily be bypassed.

mor10
 
Guys my recommendation is Trend Micros *FREE* online virus scanner, I've used it for many of my friends computers that where on the brink of death, and worked everytime. Ands its pretty quick too (Compared to Norton) once my friends laptop ran Norton overnight and spotted a few bugs then crashed ! I told him to use HouseCall *Bang* in under 1 hour the Job was done, it scanned detected and cleaned it out, he was impressed, hes never gone nack to Norton.

Ok at this point I must stress I'm not an employee of Trend PC, its just that I have had good results from them (So Far).
Try it out:


http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Anhar
 
I've used Trend several times, and was also pleased with it. For the past couple years, I've been using AVG's free virus program, with only one issue- my doteasy mail account when using outlook express, tends to just scan and scan, but never connects. I blame doteasy, not AVG, as I've had several issues with them. But at least they're cheap.
 
Any one of you can tell me I'm making a stupid comment here, but I have two seperate individual harddrives in my dealio. My C:drive is for surfing and storing dl'd stuff like fest movies, etc, and its where my apps are installed. On my D:drive is where all my editing and projects live. Plus, I have a ghost copy of my entire C:drive stuck in there in case a reformat becomes necessary, I wont have to sit around for hours reloading software. I just copy the ghost back over to my cleaned up C.
 
Both of my Macs get great use browsing and every other thing i do along with editing. Never a problem, not once, ever
 
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