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Resolve Video monitoring MacBookPro?
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Intensity extreme thunderbolt works as well if you don’t need sdi. Great for training, demo etc.
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The Intensity Extreme works with Resolve as well? I wish BlackMagic would make it clearer which of their products work with Resolve. I don’t need 2K or 3D at this point, and I’m ONLY using this device for monitoring.
Is there a clear deficiency between monitoring via component and SDI?
As to my setup, I’m actually considering selling my MBP and moving over to the iMac I just bought late last year. It’s actually rated for “heavier” work in the Mac Configuration Guidelines.
Plus, with the iMac’s 2 Thunderbolt ports, I’ll be able to connect BOTH the UltraStudio [or whichever one I end up getting], AND my Wacom Cintiq at the same time, which would have been a challenge with MBP’s one Thunderbolt port, since they’re both “end of chain” devices.
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Not having a Mac pro with Cuda cards is going to limit you so much that I don’t think the difference between hd analog component and hd sdi is going to be a big issue. You’ll be able to monitor fine.
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Yeah. I fully acknowledge the limitations of a system like this- but I’m just learning the software and in a year I might decide that it’s not where my strength/interest lies and I should just hire someone.
If I do really take to DaVinci and some of the larger jobs potentially on the slate for the later half of the year go, then a new MacPro will definitely be the next step, along with a Tangent Wave.
Unfortunately, 2 ports on a drive doesn’t solve my problem- that simply allows it to be part of the chain. With neither the Intensity or the Cintiq having a pass-through, I’d ultimately have to pick one to be at the end of the chain and then try to hook the other one up to the ExpressCard slot. That’s probably would have been the Cintiq, using a ViDock and an external graphics card- ANOTHER $500!
Hooking all this gear up to my MBP was just getting too convoluted. The 2 TB ports on the iMac solves a lot of problems.
the built in SSD was the one thing I didn’t have put in when I order the machine. I hope I can get that done aftermarket when I get the RAM bumped to 16GB.
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So long as you’re not a major butter-fingers, swapping out the RAM and SSD on your laptop is a doddle. Just watch where those little screws go when they fall off your desk…..
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RAM is easy. The HD I’m a bit more dubious about, and might leave to a 3rd party who makes that their stock in trade.
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It’s really easy, trust me. If they put it in the manual, and if doing it doesn’t void the warranty, it is by definition easy – these are Apple users we’re talking about remember 😉
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I’ll take a look at the procedure.
What’s the maximum recommended internal SSD you can get now? I was insane and paid the $1100 for the 500GB SSD on my MBP. Never regretted it.
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you can get a 500gb ssd at newegg.com for about half that now….
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The golden rule – never order add-ons from Apple! RAM and hard drives are terrible value if you order them as part of a computer purchase. I think most people know this now, but in case not, it’s worth saying again…….
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