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Getting a new edit system
OK, I started this at the Apple FCP forum, because I just wanted to be silly and track the arrival of a new edit system much like was done by another Apple regular, and the thread was quite silly and fun. However, some issues have come to light with the ordering of this new system and I felt that this is good information to share. I am blogging about it as well on my Cow Blog. I will start with a quote from the latest entry:
I am in a pickle. And goes to show that even people who are FCP Gurus and forum leaders aren’t infallible.
OK…the situation thus far. I needed a MacPro 3.0Ghz that was to be included in a Tiger SAN network running XSAN. The new MacPros…the one I ordered, do not come with Tiger installed, they come with Leopard. In fact, they are designed to work with Leopard and Apple highly recommends AGAINST installing previous OS versions on the newer machines as they might not function properly. They are designed to work with the new OS. In the case of the new MacPros, it is because the PCIe slots are the new PCIe2 technology, and MacOSX Tiger is not designed to work with them. Since the x1900XT graphics card will be on these slots…when it was designed for the original slots…issue may arise. What they are yet, who knows. How often they will happen, if at all, who knows. But I really cannot afford to be testing that out, as this will be an edit machine used in a broadcast environment with deadlines and downtime is bad.
Soooo…what I have to do now is figure out how to remedy this. Perhaps sell my machine with a slight loss, look for a previous MacPro 3.0Ghz and pay the higher cost for it. Yes, it stinks, but attention to detail is what is needed in circumstances like this…and detail is what I seemed to have missed. I was giddy to get a new machine so I was a bit blind to the details. BAD.
I wanted to post this because it shows that in order to get really steady higher end systems, you REALLY need to know what you are doing, and you need to get your ducks in a row.
Shane
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Quick update. I was able to locate a MacPro 3.0Ghz machine…the previous model…and will be able to trade out what I have. The cost difference isn’t that bad either.
SO I will have a Tiger machine on a Tiger SAN network. Now, I know that Leopard machines work on Tiger networks, only I don’t know about networking, and I don’t want to impose on the company that is renting the network and the other edit systems. I just want mine to plug in and work and be trouble free. And it appears that I will be able to do that.
WHew.
Shane
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thanks a lot for the post Shane.
There are just soooo many gotyas to consider aren’t there?
Alan
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