Editing on Powerbook uncompressed.

[Bryce Whiteside]

I get 8-bit uncompressed realtime playback through a Maxtor 250 external 400 Mbit firewire drive, so the G-Raid FW 800 drive you have would be the drive of choice. My demoreel is housed on the Maxtor. I bought the Maxtor because CompUSA had an instant rebate on it when 250 GB firewire drives were still just a bit pricey. Realtime effects are limited, but editing is doable–just use QuickView a lot for effects.

Make sure you get the ATI 9700 graphics with 128 MB and 2 GB of ram. Crucial.com is the most recommneded here on the CreativeCow.net. I am able to drive the PowerBook display and a Dell 2005 WSF 20″ wide screen monitor out of the DVI port on the PowerBook. The latest rage is the Dell 24″ wide screen with DVI, VGA, Composite, S-Video and Component inputs.

Also get a PCMCIA firewire adapter for the AJA IO LA since it is only 400 Mbit and you want the external firewire drive on its own 800 Mbit bus–the built in one on the PowerBook.

I choose the 15″ 1.67 Ghz PowerBook because the 17″ doesn’t really seem portable in a briefcase.

My 2

[Matt Gottshalk]

So, as far as the crucial ram goes, I’m better off NOT buying the PB from Apple with 2GB ram installed and just getting the ram from crucial?

Thanks again.

Matt g

[Mitchji]

[Matt G] “So, as far as the crucial ram goes, I’m better off NOT buying the PB from Apple with 2GB ram installed and just getting the ram from crucial?”

Hi,

Crucial RAM is just as reliable so compare the prices and make your own decision.

Why are you planning on getting the Powerbook. If you need a system you can transport and don’t need it to run on battery power you might want to consider a iMac G5. This is what a friend who edits on location had to say (with the iLugger case its easy to move around:
“I just got my iMac today – infinitely faster than any powerbook I could have bought at three times the cost. I got the cheapest I could find: a new 1.6gHz 17″ with a CDRW/DVD and 256 RAM on eBay. I upgraded to 1GB RAM and got the iLugger bag. The total was about $1000 for everything.”

Here is the link and information about the bag:
https://luggerbags.com/G5.htm
“See how you can go from desk to bag in 30 seconds.
Just SLIP the iLugger over the monitor, then FLIP the bag over, then after putting you mouse, keyboard and misc. items in the iLugger, just ZIP it up! SLIP – FLIP – ZIP”

One more thing to consider is that a new Powerbook is a pretty expensive system. Intel versions will probably ship in the first half of 2006 at which point a G4 Powerbook will probably depreciate a lot.

Best Wishes,

Mitch

[Matt Gottshalk]

Hmmm…never thought of that..does he edit uncompressed with it? Seems like it definitely has the horsepower.

[Bryce Whiteside]

Don’t know about the brand spanking new iMac’s but the last product cycle iMac’s only had a one 400 Mbit firewire bus. I would double check.

FYI,
Bryce

Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

PowerBook 1.67 Ghz ATI 9700 128 MB 2 GB
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