• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  iMac vs. MacBook Pro for offline editing

  Posted by Bob Cole on September 27, 2010 at 6:51 pm

  A client who is trying to do offline editing and viewing only, of digital media, has asked me for advice: buy an iMac, or a MacBook Pro?

  No issues of advanced compositing, ability to ingest various media.

  I assume the answer is MBP due to firewire issues, but I am not familiar with the latest configurations. Advice please?

  Thanks.

  Bob C

  Rafael Amador replied 15 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Rafael Amador

  September 28, 2010 at 3:01 pm

  Hi Bob,
  For that kind of jobs, I think the iMac is perfect.
  iMacs are faster than MBPs, but the shortcoming is connectivity.
  No way to go eSATA; just FW800.
  If that is enough for your client, then go to the iMac.
  Rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com

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