FCP on a iMac ?????

[Bouncing Account needs new email address]

You can run FCP on a 3-5 year old iBook or iMac.
(Not really FAST, but you can edit with it).

FCP can run very well on a new iMac.

Firewire DV in and out.
You may want to add an external FW hard drive for MEDIA.

[Michael Alberts]

If your intention is to run FCP on a new Intel based iMac you’ll have to wait a few more weeks. If your intention is to run FCP on the IBM chip based iMac, FCP runs fine. Apple should be shipping the Universal Binary version of FCP by the end of March.

Michael Alberts
Ambidextrous Productions, Inc.

[Frank Nolan]

[Matte] “FCP can run very well on a new iMac.”

FCP can’t run at all on the new imacs yet! The universal binary version that will allow FCP to run on the new intel based macs will not be released for another month (31st march). So being that the new imacs are intel based, there is no way of telling yet how well FCP will run on it.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Granted, programs have grown in size since then, BUT I used to edit DV video on one of the old, 450 MgHz G3 iMacs and it worked just fine. Slow to render…but it worked.

The new machines are lightyears ahead of that machine. If you’re using DV you should be fine. And as was said before, yes, get a firewire drive and save your media to that.

[Alexander Gao]

how about hooking up an ntsc monitor to it? does it work?

Alexander Gao

“When the revolution happens, I’ll be leading it.”

[Kevin Monahan]

[thewanggao] “how about hooking up an ntsc monitor to it? does it work?”
You hook up a NTSC monitor to your deck or camcorder.

One thing I don’t like about the iMac is that you are forced to put your external storage and deck on the same FireWire bus. There is no opportunity for an additional bus to be added like there is with a tower or a powerbook.

I myself cannot recommend FCP on an iMac FCP for this reason. Stability is KEY!

Kevin Monahan
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[Mitchji]

Hi,

A friend purchased an iMac G5 for location editing several months ago. This is what he had to say:
“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.”

and:
Can you capture DV with the G5 iMac to a drive other than the boot drive (one firewire bus)? If so are there any problems or tricks?
“Absolutely no problems. I upgraded the imac’s drive to a 320gb and could capture to that drive but I have a firewire drive workflow. I capture to a FWHD on the iMac. I use a Buslink 6 port FW hub on the imac. I really like the imac G5.

This is the bag he got for location use:
https://luggerbags.com/G5.htm

Best Wishes,

Mitch