• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  New iMac specs suggestions

  Posted by Christina Coppola on November 26, 2010 at 3:49 am

  Hello All!

  I am going to purchase a new iMac tomorrow so that I can upgrade to Final Cut 7. As I am not that technical when it comes to figuring out the right specs for my editing and animation needs…. I am asking for suggestions. What would be the appropriate technical specifications to order (memory, processor, etc.)

  Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

  Thanks!

  Christina Coppola replied 15 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Jim Glickert

  November 28, 2010 at 1:47 am

  Hi Christina. I ordered a new iMac just yesterday. The specs are close to top-of-the-line for the iMac. However, I must say that this iMac will not be my primary computer for FCP (I currently use a MacBook Pro), even though I spec’d it out such that it would be hefty enough to do some FCP/Motion/Compressor/etc. duty on occasion. The lack of eSATA is a real bummer. (Yes, I’m aware of the Other World Computing option, but I’ll see how it goes with only FW800 for a while.)

  MAC 27″ $2,598.00

  PROCESSOR: 2.93GHZ QUAD-CORE i7
  MEMORY: 8 GB 1333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM
  HARD DRIVE: 2TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE
  GRAPHICS: ATI RADEON HD 5750 1GB GDDR5

  If I were buying a Mac Pro, which would obviously become my primary FCP machine, I’d probably go with 12 or 16 GB of RAM.

  I considered spec’ing just 4 GB of memory (standard) and a 1 TB hard drive and replacing both with more after-market memory and a higher-capacity drive, but I figured I wouldn’t save a whole lot of money, and I didn’t want to hassle with it. You might find it worth doing so, however.

  Hope this helps.

  Jim
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  Christina Coppola

  November 28, 2010 at 2:48 am

  Thanks so much for your input! I appreciate it1

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