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the future
Hey guys, a few questions.
I am currently running a dual 1.8g5, 2 gigs of ram tower with fcp studio 1. It runs really well. In the past, most of my work has been DV, output either back to dv tape or dvd. I’ve never had the need of a kona or blackmagic card.
my question is, i am looking to upgrade in the future. (next year or so) I am doing more and more on set p2card work. (setup my system on set, capture, run playback). I am also getting more and more hdv footage and p2card footage.
Is a new macbookpro going to cut it. I have only ever had ibooks (for leasure, video games, light editing) and they are great, but seem to die eventually.
can i count on a macbookpro to do all that I need, and not have the big desktop to depend on? applecare aside, do they have issues? i jsut dont want to waste my cash.
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[ben] “my question is, i am looking to upgrade in the future. (next year or so) “
Not even worth giving much thought to anything you are doing to do a year or more down the road. MBP will be updated at least once by then. But the current MBP will run the current apps just fine. Other than uncompressed HD they are a real workhorse. But if you don’t need portability you get a lot more power for your money going with a desktop.
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The new MBP will either match or outrun your G5 for most FCP stuff. Load it up with 4 GB ram and it’s golden.
But you could also get a bigger, badder desktop for the same price. That’d be my choice if backed into a corner.
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Im really wanting to do on site p2card transfers, those guys are getting around 600$ a day in boston, i’d love to muscle in on that.
thanks for the awesome info!
-ben
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600 a day to transfer p2 data?
sigh…..
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yeah, you basically import the data from the card, into fcp. run playback as the shoot goes on. it can get intense, and you have to be able to data retrieve too, cause data occasionally goes corrupt.
i’ve done a few music videos, make decent cash. basically your in charge of all the data on teh shoot, shots get lost, its your butt!
im just tired of draggin my monitors and my heavy g5 round
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