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Premiere Pro Upgrades
I have been away from video editing for about two years due to job. Recently the nature of my job has changed and I will have some time to return to hobby level video editing.
I have questions in two areas: software and hardware.
Software. I have Premiere Pro 1.5. What has been added to Premiere in 2.0 and is it worth the upgrade for an entry level hobbiest?
Hardware. I have a Gateway 1500XL which is getting a little old. It has the following components: Intel 1.5GHz Pentium 4 processor and motherboard, 768MB RDRAM PC800 memory (3x256MB), two 75GB 7M Ultra ATA100 hard drives, 32 MB ATI Radeon AGP Graphics w TV-Out and DVI, 16x/48x DVD-ROM drive, 12x/8x/32x CDRW drive, 1394 IEEE PCI card, USB 1.1, Gateway FDP1800 digital LCD display (18.1″ viewable, 1280×1024). I also have a Western Digital 250GB external hard drive and a Sony DVD/CD Rewritable(DVD+-RW+-R)external drive both configured thru firewire. The operating system is Windows XP Home. Is this system worth upgrading or is it easier/better to go with a new system?
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7 Replies
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You really need to consider a PC upgrade. The USB connections are out of date, as is the graphics card.
The advantages of Premiere 2.0 are spelled out on this page:
https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/newfeatures.html
Steven
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Thank you — Any off the shelf system that you could recommend.
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I would wait until the middle of this year if you are not in too much of a hurry. The next version of premiere will be coming out around then.
KMS
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Not only that, but the prices of systems are staying the same, yet the power is increasing quite a bit. I bought a dual core chip, but now the quad core chips are shipping.
As for off the shelf, I have always been happy with my Dell PCs, but this last time I went to a PC guy and had one built.
https://www.stevengotz.com/pc.htm
Steven
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Again, how credible is your source about ‘next version’ release? Even though Adobe ‘always’ keep its secret to the last minute, last time, there were some leaks… therefore, not ‘always’?
Perry
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It came from the horses mouth. Adobe said “mid 2007”. Take it for what it’s worth.
KMS
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In my experience, unless you can’t live without multi-cam editing capability, it’s NOT worth the money!!.. I would wait for what’s they have to offer in next ver…
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