Best Mac for Final Cut…

[Steve Eisen]

Mac Pro

Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Board of Directors
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group

[Walter Biscardi]

iMac will not overly improve renders.

Get the fastest Mac Pro with 8GB RAM.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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[Rishi Kumar]

The imac and the mac pro look almost identical with the main difference the price tag, can you guys tell me what major advantages the macbook pro has?

[Walter Biscardi]

[Rishi Kumar] “The imac and the mac pro look almost identical with the main difference the price tag”

The Mac Pro has more processors. Up to two Quad cores.

Also, you can add video cards, change graphics cards and add a ton more RAM to a Mac Pro.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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[Trent Whittington]

Well the only real advantage a macbook pro has over a mac pro is that its much more travel friendly hence being a notebook. So unless your working on the road or travelling alot then I would get a macbook pro over a mac pro.
If price is an issue then I would get the highest end iMac which offers a reasonable compromise between the macbook and mac pro. I use my 3.06ghz iMac for doing some weddings and other things and it handles just fine but Im not working with uncompressed 10bit footage, im only working with HDV-pro res. And the other major problem with an imac or macbook is not being able to add capture cards and with the iMac only having 1 bus for all its I/O its not the most versatile either. (you could also buy a AJA IoHD if you wanted to monitor capture using HDMI, SDI etc.)

If you need expandability go for the best Mac Pro you can afford

If you need portability go the best Macbook Pro you can afford

If you need something in between fo the best iMac you can afford (having 4gb RAM is a must tho)

Thats my 2cents.

Trent Whittington – Currently studying Associate Degree in Digital Television

[Bret Williams]

Youir post is confusing. Are you confusing the Mac Pro with the Macbook Pro? Sounds like you’re using them as the same thing. There isn’t any resemblance between the iMac and the Mac Pro. Twice as many processors, xeon processors, video cards, busses, expandability (kind of important in video work), RAM, etc. Get a Mac Pro unless you have to edit on the road.

Bret Williams
Web Design . Motion Graphics . Video Editing
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[Rishi Kumar]

Im talking about the macBOOK pro. I done alot of research and I read that the macbook pro is better than the IMAC cuz i can add a 2nd FW bus in that and a eSATA bus…

[Bret Williams]

So your question is “Best Mac for FCP, iMac or MacBOOK Pro?” Answer is neither. You can get in on a Mac Pro for about the same as a MacBook pro. Of course you don’t have the built in screen or portability, but sounds like expansion is something you need.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Rishi Kumar] “Im talking about the macBOOK pro”

Ok, in a previous post you said the iMac and the Mac Pro looked almost identical other than the price tag. That’s an erroneous assumption.

No clue you were talking about the MacBook Pro. Again, render times are not all that great on a MacBook Pro compared to a desktop but if you want portability, then that’s the way to go.

the iMac and MacBook Pro are essentially the same machine, one is more portable than the other. Neither will render nearly as fast as a Mac Pro. Neither is the best for Final Cut Pro and solving your slow render issue.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.

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