Glossy or Matte Screen for FCP?

[Keyframe]

Jonny,

Just some comments.

Jonny: “2. Which drive should I order with it? I will use an external drive for the video footage, etc.”

Walter: The biggest drive you can get.

Actually, for the 17-inch MBP, Apple provides this choice…100GB 7200 rpm SATA hard drive for the same price as the 120GB 5400 rpm SATA hard drive. I would argue that for some people, speed is more important than capacity.

Walter: …I believe you can get an upgraded graphics card for MBP which will certainly speed up Motion.

I’m not sure what Walter means by “upgraded” card. I understand that Apple offers only one graphics controller choice for the 17-inch MBP: ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics processor, dual link DVI support, 256MB of GDDR3, dual display and video mirroring: simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors.

This choice does have advantages (e.g., memory, resolution, external display options, etc.) over what I understand to be the specifications of the graphics processor for the Intel iMac: ATI Radeon X1600 graphics processor using PCI Express, 128 MB of GDDR3 video memory, Mini-DVI output port, support for external display in extended desktop, digital resolutions up to 1920 x 1200.

Of course, if you didn’t need the MBP right away, there’s always the idea of waiting to see if Apple introduces (anytime soon) a notebook computer based around the Intel

[Walter Biscardi]

[keyframe] “I would argue that for some people, speed is more important than capacity.”

For the external drive, yes. For the internal drive no. Since you’re not going to be putting media on the internal drive, 5400 RPM is fine and I’d take the extra 20GB of storage.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Richard Blakeslee]

Walter,

Do you think the 5400 rpm drive would run cooler then the 7200?
With no media on the boot drive speed wouldn’t matter, but cooler would be good.

Richard

[Walter Biscardi]

[Richard Blakeslee] “Do you think the 5400 rpm drive would run cooler then the 7200?
With no media on the boot drive speed wouldn’t matter, but cooler would be good.”

Not a clue really. From what I understand, it’s the processors that have caused the most heat in the laptops in the past. I know that’s one of the things that Apple said Intel is supposed to help with, cooling the processors down.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Kevin Monahan]

Would it be selfish of me to want both 120 GB AND a 7200 RPM speed drive? 😉

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[Dave Hardy]

You’d be beyon the Pale, Telly.

Dave