Fun Facts about the new iMac

[Supervideo]

thanks for the reply ,,,well heres the thing I was using a PC box that Ive built myself: dual 3 gig ( pentium d 830 3.0GHZ 800FSB 1M ) to be exact with 2 gigs of ram . 2 sata 10.000 rpm raptor drives in a raid 0 for capture and editing with premier PRO .I started to get into Final Cut with a 20 inch
Imac ( dual core Intel ) just the last one before these new ones hit …But I was dissapointed when it came to HDV editing ( I was using external usb 2.0 and FW 400 for capture on the Imac ) problem was I thought that HDV editing was no where near as zippy or fulid in HDV on the Imac as it was on the PC .
I really do like FC and was hopping that maybe the new Imacs were somewhat a more fulid editing experience .Real time preview on the Imac was no where near as smooth as the PC .even navigating on the timeline was not as smooth .
I dont mind waiting for a render but the whole interface was just not smooth like the PC ,,,,,

[Jeff Carpenter]

I think your problem with the iMac was the storage space. FW 400 is so-so for this kind of thing and USB is going to be pretty bad even for DV video.

The new 24″ iMac has a Firewire 800 port on it which could provide some relief. I can’t say for sure, I’ve not used HDV yet.

But the machine ITSELF should give a nice experience. You should ask around and find someone who does HDV on a Firewire 800 drive on some other computer. If you can find people who are happily doing that you’ll probably be ok with the 24″ iMac.

Something like the G-RAID would probably be a good choice:

https://www.g-technology.com/Products/G-RAID.cfm

[Supervideo]

Thanks again for your reply .I am ready to make a move this weekend so I got to find out fast lol ……..I was thinking of the Mac Pro but if I can save
500 and get a nice 24 inch screen to boot ….I would rather do that ! I felt
it was pretty close with the other Imac so I am really hopeing that the new one may just hit the spot ..its Faster , better graphics and the FW 800 combined may just do it …Last question : speed wise where do you place a FW 800 ,would it be as fast as my SATA drives ?
thanks