• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Putting together final cut pro system

  Posted by Jeffdougherty on September 5, 2005 at 3:10 am

  I am looking for some advice on hardware for a new PowerMac G5 that I want to run Final Cut Pro on?

  Right now i was thinking about buying the dual 2.3 ghz with 2 gigs of ram.
  But what about graphics card? or hard drives?

  thanks in advance

  jeff

  Debe replied 20 years, 8 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Mitchji

  September 5, 2005 at 6:07 am

  Hi,

  Get the additional RAM from crucial.com instead of Apple unless you like paying more.

  For hard drives use SATA. If you need more than one additional drive you can add extra internal drives using the bracket reviewed here:
  https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/g5bracket/

  You can use external drives using this hot swap enclosere:
  https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/firmtek/1sen2/

  There are PCI cards for connecting either extra internal or external drives. Here is a review of an external card:
  https://www.amug.org/amug-web/html/amug/reviews/articles/firmtek/1ve4/

  Best Wishes,

  Mitch
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  Debe

  September 5, 2005 at 7:36 pm

  [MitchJi] “Get the additional RAM from crucial.com instead of Apple unless you like paying more.”

  I have a different point of view on this.

  If you use this computer for business, and you can’t take the risk of losing days of productivity due to bad RAM, AND you have an Apple Store near you, paying more for Apple RAM is an investment in future productivity. Being able to walk into the Apple Store and get replacement RAM in the time it takes to get to the store is worth the extra cost to some.

  But, certainly, if saving a quite a few bucks seems like a better idea to you, or you don’t have an Apple Store near enough, Mitch’s suggestion of Crucial RAM is a good way to go.

  debe

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