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MacBook Pro
Hey everyone. Couldn’t find the best forum for this question so I thought I would ask here. I’m looking into getting the latest MacBook Pro but I’m concerned that next year there will be a big upgrade in which I will kick myself for not waiting. Does anyone know what is down the pipe for the mac laptops/books?
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Bigger and Better will always be coming out “next year.” no point in waiting. Just get it now. They just upgraded the CPUs to the Intel Core 2 Duo anyway, so now is as good a time as any.
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[SPeditor] “Does anyone know what is down the pipe for the mac laptops/books?”
Nobody knows but Apple. Purchase what you need for today. Next year there will probably be two new upgrades, they run in about 6 month cycles.
The latest and greatest were just released last week, so purchase one and enjoy it. When the new ones come out next year, you can decide if the time is right for a replacement. I generally run my laptops 2 – 3 years as I don’t really edit with them any longer, just email and internet.
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[SPeditor] “I’m concerned that next year there will be a big upgrade in which I will kick myself for not waiting.”
Yes it is called an 8 core laptop and will run Final Cut Extreme and flip HD images like butter 🙂
Seriously though, go ahead and get one of the new Core 2 Duo machines. Make money with it while you can. Apple is in a transition year with the intel make over. Things will be changing all around.
I just wrote a long reply with lots of details and accidentally hit my back space key….erased everything….shoot.
Anyway, I’ve owned a 15″ model for a couple months and there have been some painful days. Make sure you buy the Apple care!! Apple has fixed most of the things wrong with it, but there are still heat issues….these new chips run very hot.
other things to consider:
SATA express card adapters….drivers are still being updated.
External storage options. FW800 on MBP vs. MacBook.
graphic card needs for motion (MBP has a better card vs. plain Macbook)So get on the revision “A” train and accept a little beta tester pain or wait out in the cargo hold with the rest of the herd till revision “B.”
Good luck with your purchase.
Andy
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Sorry if this sounds stupid but what is “SATA express card adapters”? If I buy a MBP, do I need to purchase any additional hardware for editing? Sorry if I sound like a newbie but I never bought a laptop before. I have a desktop G5 that I’ve been using for the past few years but I now need to be more mobile. I have a blackmagic decklink card in my G5. Is there anything like that available for MBP or is it impossible to digitize tapes from decks with MBP?
I heard Apple is having their 30 year anniversary on April 1st. Anyone hear if they will reveal something big at that time?
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[SPeditor] “what is “SATA express card adapters”?”
They are the new cards that will work with your new laptop to allow you to have external hard drives for your video media. Here are some examples:
https://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo_sata_express34.html
https://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-2sm2-e/Regarding the use of a blackmagic card. You might want to use an AJA IO or LA through the firewire 400 port to connect your laptop to a deck.
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Concerning the express card adapters, why does one need this? Wouldn’t a firewire connection to an external drive do the same thing? If I need two drives, can’t I just daisy chain the drives?
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