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Final Cut Studio & minimac
Hello, I’m a fairly seasoned FCP user. I run a Dual G5 2.5 PowerMac at work but at home my little G4 450 isn’t cutting it anymore. I am wondering what to do for a cheap solution to my slow problem. I’d like to run Final Cut Studio at home also (I am a freelancer also) but investing money into a dual g5 isn’t really woth my while (i don’t do more than 4k worth of freelance work a year). I was just wondering some other possibilites when it came to purchasing. Like running the mac mini? I know it probably wont do the job but just like to see if anyone has tried running that?
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5 Replies
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Ouch. Avoid the mac mini for this. It really isn’t meant for it. I have heard good, and bad things.
Go to e-bay and look for a more recent G4. That will suit you MUCH better.
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Look for Dual chip-1gHz G4 Powermacs on E-Bay OR get a G5 iMac. Get media scratch drives no matter which (internal for the Powermac, firewire for the iMac.)
Both have their pluses and minuses but they’d allow you to get work done. The Mac mini is a fantastic home computer but don’t expect much power out of it for video work.
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Is it possible to upgrade my single G4 450mhz processor to a dual 1ghz? If so, where can I find upgrade kits in canada? Thanks for the advice on the mini.
mike
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You can’t go single to dual. You could get an upgrade for the single chip you have, but I don’t know that it would be worth it. The motherboard will only support up to a certain speed…people who sell chip upgrades could tell you what, exactly. But the point is that you’d spend a few hundred dollars to get slightly better performance when you should really just be watching E-Bay for a few weeks for the best deal you can get at twice that amount and you’ll be much better off.
Budget so that you can buy the max amount of RAM a model can take and you can buy a nice video card too.
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[mike wavrecan] “I’d like to run Final Cut Studio at home”
I brought a psd file to the apple store to see how it would work on FCP 5, and it did surprisingly well in a non-taxing situation. A moot point for FCP Studio however, in that Motion can’t run on a Mac Mini (inadequate video card).
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