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Is the 2008 Mac Pro fine or does the 2010 offer that much more?
Hello,
I just bought Avid MC 5.5 (which I’ll upgrade to 6 by the end of the year) and am re-learning it. I’m just moving in to Adobe Premiere Pro as well, and took advantage of the Production Premium upgrade to CS5.5 sale that ends today. I also plan to continue to edit with Final Cut Studio 3.
I need to replace my G5 Quad and am leaning toward an 8-core Mac Pro over the 4-core MacBook Pro. Does anyone know if there are major advantages in operating these three pieces of software with the 2010 “Westmere” Mac Pro over the 2008 “Nehelam” Mac Pro? They’re both 8-cores of 2.8ghz processors.
Would 8gb of RAM be adequate as well?
What AJA card is best for a BetaSP deck (albeit rarely used!) and HD monitoring? I currently have the AJA Io LA (SD component/composite/S-Video I/O via FW400).
Is there a better and/or less expensive 8TB eSata solution than the GTech Q (it also needs to work with my 17″ MacBook Pro).
Thanks in advance for your advice!
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2.33gz Intel MacBook Pro with 3GB Ram, 500GB HD
AJA Io LA
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[Pat DeFilippo] “if there are major advantages in operating these three pieces of software with the 2010 “Westmere” Mac Pro over the 2008 “Nehelam” Mac Pro? “
In my opinion, there are no ‘major’ advantages, no. Some performance, but nothing substantial.[Pat DeFilippo] “Would 8gb of RAM be adequate as well? “
You will probably want 12GB or 16GB.[Pat DeFilippo] “What AJA card is best for a BetaSP deck “
Talk to AJA directly about this.
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