George Loch
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I would say there are a couple of other serious advantages in favor of PPro:
-Rendering performance: Vegas is just slow to render – even V.6 which is improved. PPro on my dual Opteron is very quick to render.
-Integration: The Adobe suite offers some serious capabilities when you use them together. I find the flow is powerful.
-Stronger 3rd party support: There are just more H/W and S/W options for PPro. Vegas is doing a lot better but still not as widespread as Adobe.
There are more but these are the broader issues.
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Also, both of these MBs have built-in firewire of course.
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There are several good options. THe top 2 in my opinion are the DFI Ultra D board or the Asus A8N. Both have an SLI option but it’s not clear whether that tech will ever help the video world.
FWIW I just built a dual Opteron system and PPro and AE really fly on it.
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[eLeventy] “If my math is correct: the HD gets the same amount of data per pixel as DV25 ( in 1080i),
so quality should be similar to DV25, but in HD. Math will differ when using other HD( 720p, …)”This is why HDV is such a bad idea in my mind. I’ll take the HVX200 over anything HDV any day of the week…except sunday – that’s my day off 😉
Great test BTW I am probably just as excited abotu DV50 as I am about the HD capabilities of this cam.
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What about support? Can you imagine the enormous task it would be to try to support all the various configurations? The advantage of “Mac only” is they have a controlled environment in which to refine and innovate.
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Honestly, there is no motivation for Apple to do that. FCP sells G5s plain and simple.
Don’t worry though. THe G5/FCP combo is second to none.
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I have to assume they are at the mercy of IBM. The G5 dual-core concepts were only shown a little while ago. I believe AMD and Intel have been working on them a lot longer. Honestly, that is why I have started becoming more serious about supporting both platforms. I will not abandon the mac as I love the software and I think the G5 is a great system. Having said that, I am building dual Opteron systems to handle some more of my CPU intensive tasks like 3D and compositing and then using the mac for FCP.
The fact is, OS X is a great bit of software as is practically all of Apple’s s/w tools. I celebrate what they do and appreciate it.
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This is no suprise ofcourse. It was the same for the last rev. The enty level dual was dumbed down the same.
It still makes a great machine for a graphic artist or even a DV-only guy.
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Excellent. This is a good one to have in your possesion. Congrats.
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Congrats Adam. What was your previous machine?
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