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mac vs pc
i’m probably asking a dumb question here so forgive my naivet
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Premiere is back on the mac, so there’s no need to switch apps. Of course, you have to pay for the Mac versions. Call Adobe to see if they have a crossgrade deal. Make sure you get the name of the person who you speak to. 😉
Get the fastest mac you can afford with the most RAM. Same as on Windows. Don’t bother with a fancy graphics card. If you’re just dealing with DV, firewire drives are okay.
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Thanks for the tips!
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[Steve Roberts] “If you’re just dealing with DV, firewire drives are okay.”
I have to say, I was never on the RAID-train until I RAID’d my three new 500GB hard drives together. If you’re going to be working with video a lot I would recommend putting some thought into a few internal drives for a RAID.
Steve is right about the graphics card. You might want to look into a nice IO card if you’re going to be doing any heavy capturing/printing to tape.
About the RAM, I don’t recommend buying your Mac with extra RAM. It’s usually a fair amount cheaper to buy the RAM after the fact from a site like:
https://www.datamemorysystems.com/
You can get 4GB for under $350 there, where as it costs $700 to take your Mac Pro to 4GB TOTAL on Apple’s online store.
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
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Thanks to you as well – i am actually talking with a buddy who is getting rid of his mac dual G4 tower for a macbook pro. would the adobe suite work with this, or do i have to have a mac with the intel chip?
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A G4 is a little oldschool. If you can afford a MacPro you’ll really notice a speed difference (if you have Adobe CS3 software).
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I would NOT do this. G4s are 5-10 years old now, and that is not a good thing. Even for basic video, I would avoid this route.
A few points to consider on your purchase:
1. Macs are great. I am a lifelong PC user, but recently converted my studio’s machines to all Mac Pros after doing direct comparisons for several years. While some PC fans may disagree, I think you are wise to move to the Mac-side
2. The mid-line Mac Pros (2.6Ghz) are cheap, faster than hell, and open up a lot of options. Quad-cores come standard, and they use the Core 2 Duo which is a much more efficient and advanced chip than the G4s/G5s have. Either way, I wouldn’t get anything less than a G5 tower (no iMac)
3. As was mentioned, don’t buy any options from Apple, they are painfully overpriced. There are many after-market dealers that have much better deals. We get all of our RAM and hard drives from Other World Computing (www.macsales.com), which has great prices and very solid products. Their house-brand ram (OWC Brand) is Apple approved, cheap and very reliable.
Brendan Coots
Splitvision Digital
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[oldschool56] “mac dual G4 tower”
The CS3 apps will work on this, but I think you might be a little disappointed with the performance on such a machine, it’s now over 5 years old which, by my standards, is a little ancient. Unless you meant a G5 tower, in which case it’s not the most up to date machine, but it should work well.
Darby Edelen
DVD Menu Artist
Left Coast Digital
Aptos, CA -
Thanks to everyone for the feedback – it’s definitely helpful!
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