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MacBook Air and FCP
Anyone out there done a bench test to see how well the MacBook Air works with FCP? P2 log and transfer?
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Mac Rumors posted some MacBook Air benchmarks the other day… I’d check there. They didn’t do tests with FCP or P2 transfer though. This machine isn’t built for this stuff… it’s a consumer, “look at me” computer.
It’s literally the slowest Mac on the market and it only has one expansion port, 1 USB. You should get a MacBook Pro if you want to use FCP on it.
That’s my two cents,
Zak -
I have a 17in PowerBook G4, and all I do with it and FCP is offload P2 footage onto an external HD. I don’t use it to edit, I use my Mac Pro for that. But seeing as how my PowerBook has a single core 1.67 processor and only 512MB RAM, anything would be an upgrade as far as laptops go. Thanks for the input!
Scott Mazarky, Owner
Southern Videography, Inc.
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You do realize the Air only has a single usb port and NO firewire at all. Don’t think it would work, even for your limited application.
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Get a MacBook and save yourself $800 at least. Air is a waste of money.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
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[Scott Mazarky] “I have a 17in PowerBook G4, and all I do with it and FCP is offload P2 footage onto an external HD….. anything would be an upgrade as far as laptops go.”
well certainly the Air should be able to handily manage Log and Transfer via USB from your P2 device, but where are you going to plug your external HD in? I guess you could use a hub but that’ll slow down the transfer, plus your external would have to be double or triple interface ready or you’ll be stuck with your media on a USB drive.
go with the MacBook … its smaller than the Air although obviously not as thin, its only 2 lbs heavier, and the even the cheapest MacBook exceeds the Air in every specification including price. For field ops its likely far more rugged than the Air too, and like you said, “anything would be an upgrade”
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How efficient is the wireless transfer? Weren’t they getting pretty good transfers via wireless and communication and control of other devices at macworld? I haven’t looked into actual date rates but maybe it’s like when the 1st macs appeared on the scene without wha… no floppy drive???!!!... That caused pandemonium for for a while.
“everything is broken” ……1st. coined by Esther Philips I believe.
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[Andy Mees] “go with the MacBook”
I’d go MacBook Pro. At least you will have another HD edit capable machine with a bit of expandability. a MacBook is limiting.
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using a macbook air to do video work, is like hiring a flamingo to pull an ox’s load.
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[ben oliver] “using a macbook air to do video work, is like hiring a flamingo to pull an ox’s load.”
I think you’re selling the flamingo way short. More like asking a mouse to pull an ox’s load. 🙂
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Biscardi Creative Media
HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions.STOP STARING AND START GRADING WITH APPLE COLOR
The new Color Training DVD now available from the Creative Cow!
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