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Late 2009 iMac w. 12 GB RAM or early 2011 MBP w. 2.0 i7?
Hi guys
I’m fed up with having a laptop. And I want more powerful rendering when I edit video. Therefore I want to swap my MBP with a more powerful iMac for video editing in FCPX.
So far I’ve got a lot of rejects, but not from a certain dude. He’s got an early 2009 iMac with a 27″ screen, 2,66 GHz i5 CPU, ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB GPU, and 12 GB 1067 MHz DDR 3 RAM!
I’ve got a i7 2.0 GHz CPU, a Radeon HD 6490M 512 MB GPU and only 4 GB RAM.
Is it a fair deal? Is his more powerful for video editing, or would it be a downgrade, since I’ve got a newer CPU than him? (despite the clock speed not being faster)
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I would not do that. get urself some extra RAM from OWC & connect a nice big external Monitor.
If you have a 5400rpm disc, do your editing with an external disk, that is connected over FW800, e-SATA or thunderbolt.
You have a workhorse at home and you still are mobile for the Road.Sascha
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Thanks
I’ve had several people saying that now actually… So I might just do it! Reason I’d want a laptop was because I didn’t like the idea of the battery tearing down… What’s your opinion on that?
And I might get it from somebody else than OWC since I live in Scandinavia… any suggestions? And by the way, how many RAMs should I buy for beginner-level’s video editing?
Thanks
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