• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Imac i7 or early 2008 Mac Pro

  Posted by Enny Pizy on June 4, 2010 at 10:18 am

  Hi guys should i get early mac pro 8 core 2.8ghz or new Imac i7. I am looking for rendering speed here and using FCP. I know Imac comes with nice screen and all but mac pro has so many expansion slots and does it matter if it is ddr2 when it comes to rendering speed? Will i notice big differences from dd2 and 3? My other question is how much will i be able to upgrade this mac pro is it same as new mac pros 2009. I have read some place that i can only install 2 types of video cards in early 2008 mac are expansion slots same in erly 2008 and late 2009 mac’s?. I am interested in motion design, editing i know that new imac will give me speed for rendering but it will not help me when it comes to FCP Cine,ma 4d After effects and color correction, motion, and multilayer editing. i will spend 2000 for mac pro and 2500 for Imac but i can only have one.

  Thanks
  Some spec for mac pro
  Key Features:Model Number: MA970LL/A

  Processor Xeon Quad Core 2.80 GHz x2 (Eight Cores Total)

  Installed Memory 4 GB (DDR2 SDRAM)

  Operating System: Apple MacOS X 10.5

  HDD Size: 320 GB

  Video card: ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB single-link DVI/Dual-link DVI

  Processor:Model Number: MA970LL/A

  Processor Type: Xeon Quad Core

  Processor Speed: 2.80 GHz

  Processor Manufacturer: Intel

  Processor Upgradability: Upgradable

  Installed Qty.: 2

  Motherboard

  Bus Speed: 1600 MHz

  Video Output Interface: PCI Express

  Memory

  RAM Technology DDR2 SDRAM

  Installed RAM 4 GB

  Max Supported RAM 16 GB

  Supported RAM speeds 800 MHz

  Installed Video Memory 256 MB

  Technical Features

  Integrated Input/Output Ports: FireWire (IEEE1394a) x 2, FireWire (IEEE1394b) x 2, RJ45 Lan Port x 2, USB 1.1 x 2, USB 2.0 x 5

  Other Features: 64bit Ready

  Hard Drive

  Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA II

  Hard Drive Capacity 320 GB

  Hard Drive Rotation Speed 7,200 RPM

  Storage Controller Type Serial ATA

  Thanks

  Jeremy Garchow replied 16 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Jeremy Garchow

  June 4, 2010 at 3:06 pm

  I’d go MacPro.

  Try looking for a refurbished Xeon MacPro. I bet you can find one for around $2500 that you will spend on the iMac.

  https://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/specialdeals/mac/mac_pro

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