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  Minumum Mac Hardware for DVX100B 24p

  Posted by Bill Ballis on June 15, 2007 at 11:11 pm

  I’m looking at purchasing the DVX100B and I have a Mac G4 1 Ghz Dual Processor with 512 RAM and Final Cut Pro HD 4.5. I went to a link on the Panasonic site and it says the DVX100B 24p footage was tested on a Mac G4 1.25 Ghz Dual Processor. I called Panasonic and they said that’s just the machine that it was tested on, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you need that configuration to edit 24p from a DVX100B. I really don’t want to find out that I need a newer computer in order to do 24p. Anyone know if my configuration will work ok with all the features on the DVX100B? The panasonic link is: https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/sales_o/ieee1394/
  Thanks loads.

  Kevcol replied 18 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Noah Kadner

  June 16, 2007 at 8:44 pm

  If you can afford one- get a new computer. Yes you’ll squeak by possibly with an older version of FCP on that system. But you’ll also waste all kinds of extra time waiting around for renders and the like. You can likely find a used G5 for under a grand these days.

  Noah
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  Kevcol

  July 10, 2007 at 11:49 pm

  What about a MacBookPro with 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo, 1 GB 667 MHz RAM using FCP 5.1.4?

  Guessing that should do me, no?

  (For a short film, about 10 mins total length, highest quality image with the hopes of blowing up to film for the festival circuit.)

  Thanks,
  Kevin

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