• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Any GREAT MAC/FCP 5 studio pro bundles?

  Posted by Scotty Pupkin on November 25, 2006 at 12:21 am

  hi

  I’m looking to get a Mac setup which includes FCP …I have FCP 3 and plan on buying the $699 upgade w/ Final Cut Pro 5, Soundtrack Pro, Motion 2 and DVD Studio Pro 4.

  Is there a nice deal anywhere that includes one of these:

  https://www.macmall.com/macmall/families/macpro/

  Should I go ballsout and get the $3000 Mac?

  What would u guys do?

  thanks

  Boyd Mccollum replied 19 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Boyd Mccollum

  November 25, 2006 at 3:15 am

  it depends on what you are going to do, what type of editing you will be doing, what source media you will be working with (HD, SD, HDV, etc.) and what kind of money you want to spend. Faster is always better, but here are some other things to consider:

  1. you’ll probably want to buy additional RAM – check around for good prices
  2. think about which graphics card you will need – depends on how much graphics you are going to do, if you have the money, get the high end one
  3. additional internal/external drives. With video you can never have too much disk space.
  4. external broadcast monitor
  5. capture card
  6. what kind of display(s) you will need (separate from your external monitor)

  [Scotty] “Should I go ballsout and get the $3000 Mac?”

  Commiting to upgrading your system is good, but think about it first. It’s a lot of money and more than 3K.

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