Premiere Pro, Mac vs PC

[Lewis Costin]

I’d love to recommend for you to switch back to pc as you’ll be able to get so much more bang for your buck, but if you’re not already proficient with OS maintenance and computer hardware, well, that’s what Mac’s are for, really.

That’s pretty much what it comes down to these days. If you know what you’re doing outside of your editing program, without a doubt, get a PC. Preferably build it yourself or at least choose the hardware yourself. If you have no idea about that stuff and aren’t interested in learning, stick with Apple. It will save you some hassles.

[Patrick Murphy]

Hi Lewis,

THanks for your message. Would this still be the case if i got someone in to set it all up for me, I feel even the cost of this and then paying someone to check it over once in a while would still give me more for my money than a Mac?

THis will sound ignorant, (and is a genuine question) but what is likely to go wrong? I understand the basics of installing software, and used a PC for a long time before working in film… but am definitely not an expert.

Paddy

[Tom Daigon]

I am making the switch from Mac to PC. Windows seems to require a little more attention (firewalls,secuity systems, degragmentation and such) then OSX does. So I would tend to agree with Lewis’ evaluation of your situation

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.7.3
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digital / Areca 8tb. raid
Kona 3

[Patrick Murphy]

I am happy with setting up Internet security software , defragging hard drives would this be the only difference or are more complicated things likely to occur?

[Tom Daigon]

Im just entering the PC learning curve so thats all I have bumped into so far. Being very judicious when on the internet never opening unknown emails seem added behaviors.

Im keeping my Mac Pro for internet and email use to avoid getting viruses or malware.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.7.3
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digital / Areca 8tb. raid
Kona 3

[Patrick Murphy]

Hi TOm,

THats what i was thinking of doing, using a Mac Book Pro for e mail and then getting a desk top PC to edit on.

Do you think i would have issues if i had Adobe Premier pro on both and wanted to edit projects on both the PC and the Mac?

Are you able to take them from one to the other?

Paddy

[Tom Daigon]

I dont know. I will be doing all my editing on the PC since I hear PrP performs better and faster on it (given the right components). That way I wont have to do Adobe and other software updates on both or buy plugins for both.

Tom Daigon
PrP / After Effects Editor
http://www.hdshotsandcuts.com
Mac Pro 3,1
8 core
10.7.3
Nvidia Quadro 4000
24 gigs ram
Maxx Digital / Areca 8tb. raid
Kona 3

[Patrick Murphy]

Understood, unfortunately i often have to edit on location so would need to have a laptop to edit on.

Does anyone know if you can bring Adobe PP projects across from Mac to PC without too much hassle?

Paddy

[Walter Soyka]

[Patrick Murphy] “Does anyone know if you can bring Adobe PP projects across from Mac to PC without too much hassle?”

I run Macs and PCs side-by-side, and I bounce back and forth all the time. My main workstation is a PC, and my main laptop is a Mac.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
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[Walter Soyka]

[Lewis Costin] “I’d love to recommend for you to switch back to pc as you’ll be able to get so much more bang for your buck, but if you’re not already proficient with OS maintenance and computer hardware, well, that’s what Mac’s are for, really.”

Respectfully, I’ve had to do an awful lot of OS maintenance on OS X, and Windows isn’t the nightmare it used to be.

Computers are complicated systems, and both Macs and PCs need troubleshooting from time to time. I think that most experienced Mac users have their platform-specific troubleshooting (trash preferences / delete system cache / repair permissions voodoo) internalized now, and the idea that this knowledge won’t apply to a PC is more daunting than the reality. Google searches and Creative COW help are cross-platform!

Windows 7 is very stable and quite secure, and Macs have recently lost a little of their security shine with the Flashback malware earlier this year, as well as last week’s new threat [link]. In fact, some security analysts believe that Microsoft is now 10 years ahead of Apple on security because of the drastic security overhauls they’ve made since the early 2000s when Windows PCs were plagued with security disasters.

Patrick, I’d recommend you check out the Mac Pro Alternatives thread [link] I started on the FCPX or Not forum. There’s some good cross-platform information in there.

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
RenderBreak Blog – What I’m thinking when my workstation’s thinking
Creative Cow Forum Host: Live & Stage Events