• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Am going to FCP… quick question?

  Posted by Aj Reuter on February 4, 2011 at 7:44 pm

  Im a highschool student in TV2 college course. I am going to start doing my own thing, and making videos for my portfolio. I dislike using premiere, i want to go back to using fcp like i did in middleschool.

  I cant afford anything too fancy…

  I was going to buy

  Imac
  3.06 ghz core i3 (or 2duo)
  4gig ddr3 ram
  750gb HDD

  But i am leaning towards

  Macbook
  2.24ghz core 2 duo
  4 gig ddr3 ram
  500 gb hdd.

  For videos 5 mins or under, in 1080… I know the Imac will do it (friend has the same one, does all the stuff no problem…) But i was curious if it would be okay on the macbook pro.

  I would love something portable, but the speed is a big downgrade. They are both same price… Input?

  Dan Monro replied 15 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Rafael Amador

  February 4, 2011 at 7:57 pm

  The only MacBook you can compare with an iMac now, is the 17″ and that is in terms of connectivity (SxS slot), not about power.
  I wouldn’t buy that MBP. Whenever you’ll need to render, the iMac will do it in half the time.
  If you can afford the i5/i7
  rafael

  http://www.nagavideo.com
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  Aj Reuter

  February 4, 2011 at 9:09 pm

  Well, i cant. I can only get the i3 imac

  Basically. its between those two.
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  Dan Monro

  February 4, 2011 at 10:31 pm

  I edit on my MBP. HD. Its not as fast as my desktop system, but I haven’t had any real issues. I run FCS3 and Adobe CS4 on it. 2.53ghz with 4g of ram. I would think it should suit you, especially if you want portability. I do run all of my media on an external drive via firewire 800. Again, not optimal, but it works for me.

  Good luck,
  D

  Dan Monro
  FCP, Avid, AfterFX, Atlanta
  MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5 4 GB ram
  Mac OS X 10.6.4
  NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
  Final Cut Pro 7 Quicktime 7.6.6
  – OR –
  2 x 3.2 Quad Xeon; 16 GB ram
  Mac OS X 10.6.4
  NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Final Cut Pro 7.0.2 Quicktime 7.6.6

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