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Fred Poisson
May 15, 2009 at 2:12 am in reply to: New MacBook- FW and USB2 questions/confusion w/FCP

yeah, i posted that it was my own fault for not catching that.

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Fred Poisson
May 15, 2009 at 1:59 am in reply to: New MacBook- FW and USB2 questions/confusion w/FCP

Thanks guys. In the past I used to edit on my ibook that had the FW in and I would capture from my MiniDV. I didn’t realize that the newer MacBooks can’t handle FCP, the system and edit at the same time.

Anywho, probably going to send this back. Apple said I was going to have to give up 10% since I opened and used the machine. I stated that the phone person told me I would be able to use FCP and clearly I can’t so they backed off and said I’d get a full refund. When I googled the problem there are TONS of unhappy folks out there. It’s obviously to force people into a MBP.

Thanks again to all. Very helpful.

happy as a clam in a mud flat at high tide.
Fred Poisson
May 14, 2009 at 10:42 pm in reply to: New MacBook- FW and USB2 questions/confusion w/FCP

gotcha… but if I can get USB video in and edit it then I’m still alive. Really don’t wan to drop the 700+ $’s to get the MBP.

happy as a clam in a mud flat at high tide.
Fred Poisson
May 14, 2009 at 10:20 pm in reply to: New MacBook- FW and USB2 questions/confusion w/FCP

The external drive having both usb and fw. Capture with FW to the external then transfer to the MacBook throught the USB connection. Then edit and preview from the internal drive. But not sure if the MacBook internal drive will be fast enough.

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Fred Poisson
May 14, 2009 at 10:17 pm in reply to: New MacBook- FW and USB2 questions/confusion w/FCP

I forgot to add that after the capture to the external drive then I would bring the clips onto the main drive via the drive’s USB connection and then edit from there. WIll the MacBook internal drive be too slow?

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Fred Poisson
May 14, 2009 at 10:12 pm in reply to: New MacBook- FW and USB2 questions/confusion w/FCP

Thanks for the rapid response. That’s good to know about the USB cameras. And FCP is still usable just a bummer that the device control feature is lost.

As far as the firewire question, I didn’t get a MBP I just got a simple MacBook and it has no firewire at all. But as I’ve been out of the game now 7 years I don’t even have a camera so it really doesn’t matter too much at the moment anyway!

One thought would be an external drive that has firewire and capture to that? I guess it would depend on the speed of the drive.

happy as a clam in a mud flat at high tide.