Jumping from MAC To PC….Advice needed please.

[Alex Udell]

Well…I’ll only say that for the most part you’ll live in the adobe interfaces….so whatever it’s sitting on top of is not so important.

And it sounds like you’ll have plenty of other windows folks around you to show you short cuts…

So really i doubt you’ll have too much trouble….

Alex

[Derek Andonian]

You should hold off on this a little longer if you can… Premiere Pro CS6 will very likely be announced next month at NAB

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[Vince Becquiot]

We went from PC to Mac, although we still have a PC suite.

It sounds like you haven’t decided yet, and I would point out a couple of things.

The problem with a PC only workstation are people dropping Mac drives to you (Yes, there is Macdrive and another app from Paragon Soft, but it’s really not without issues).

The other is the fact that you now have to live without FCP, and we have tons of clients still asking for Prores exports. And of course, Win 7 works beautifully on Mac Pros.

That’s unless you are keeping the Mac Pro, in which case, forget everything I have said, Win 7 is still the king in my mind 🙂

Vince Becquiot

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area

[Alex Udell]

ProRes is an excellent point Vince. I should have thought of that.

Alex

[Nicholas Bierzonski]

After researching I think I am going to use a PC for email, and have a separate MAC for editing HD/print work.

Is a CS6 release truly right around the corner?

I have work lined up with a new job I am taking. They’re footing
the bill for a complete new edit system…and they want to get me setup ASAP.

Maybe I can convince Adobe to give us a discount to upgrade after CS6 comes out.

-Nick Bierzonski
Video Editor/DVD Author/Media Problem Solver

[John-michael Seng-wheeler]

I’ve been editing on Windows using mac formatted external disks via MacDrive almost exclusively. (I just switched to using ExFAT, which is probably what you should use too if you have the choice.)

MacDrive has given me absolutely no problems, so I will reiterate what Vince said… the only thing you can’t do on windows is render ProRes.

On the other hand, your GPU options on Windows are so much better that a Win7 PP machine can and will run circles around a Mac.

[Tom Daigon]

How ironic. Im on a Mac Pro looking forward to jumping to a PC. And my Mac will be relegated to email 😀 I look forward to more power using CS? and more options in my computer build. I dont trust Apple anymore. They are headed down a different road than I am on.

Tom Daigon
Avid DS / PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.6.8
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digital / Areca 8tb. raid
Kona 3

[Vince Becquiot]

I think there definitely is some truth there, although I have to say that working with both (on a hardware level), I still find the Mac more reliable, and their support is still unbeatable.

Vince Becquiot

Kaptis Studios
San Francisco – Bay Area

[Ron Pestes]

I jumped from Mac to PC late last year and am very glad I did. PP 5.5 is working great and learning a few new shortcuts was easy. You can set up the short cut preferences to be almost the same as FCP. I still have my MBP and FCP 7 but it is so slow all new projects are now done on my Dell M6600. Never going back to Mac. Also, I use Mac Drive all the time with no problems what so ever. Can’t wait till NAB, Adobe said they are updating in the first half of this year so I am sure we will see something at NAB.

ronpesteshdvideo.com
Apple Certified Master Pro FCS 2
Sony EX-3
MacBook Pro
Dell M6600
New convert to Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium

[Nicholas Bierzonski]

Thanks to everyone for posting! It was very helpful!

You have love the community on the cow! 🙂

-Nick Bierzonski
Video Editor/DVD Author/Media Problem Solver