[Bobby Miller]

nevermind my drive doesnt even have esata

[Bobby Miller]

Hey guys,

What if I got this for my g-raid hard drive:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16839200006

Then kept the Firewire 800 port open to capture video?

Is that the best option?

Also, I was wondering…I have a ton of music (100gb) and had that on my g-raid to listen to (and be my main video capture drive). Sometimes it isn’t as fast in itunes…Is it better to put the music on another drive and use that soley as my music drive and keep the other drive only for video?

[Bobby Miller]

I use the FW 800 port with my g-tech hard drive. Is it possible to daisy chain? Ie capture video through the hard drives 400 port?

[Bobby Miller]

You guys are awesome, thanks for all the responses.

Someone pointed me in the direction of an application called geekbench that runs performance tests on your machine and spits out a score. I’d be really curious if any of you with a macbook pro ran the test. It seems they score in the 3,000 range.

My macbook 1.83 Intel Core Duo with 2gb ram and Mac OS 10.4.11 scores around a 2379.
https://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/62740 (full results)

Whereas my PowerMac G5 (June 2004 with Dual 2.5ghz and 4gb of ram – same operating system) scores around a 2201:
https://browse.geekbench.ca/geekbench2/view/62738 (full results)

So, I guess my macbook is already marginally faster than my G5!

I’ll have to take a look at the 17 inch, but I’m really skeptical about getting something that big. It also is a jump in price…and I was hoping to not have to spend money. (I also wonder how hard it is to sell the computers I have.)

On the plus side, I’m a student, so there’s a knock in price and a free ipod I could sell. But, still..