Jeff Carpenter
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Is your system drive close to being full? When the RAM gets full it writes files temporarily to the hard drive until it has more space in RAM. Perhaps it’s running out of places to put things there?
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On an Apple laptop I’m pretty sure you’re stuck at 3 GB no matter what OS you’re using.
I suggest a Macbook with 2 GB of RAM but then buying a new hard drive from someplace like this:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/DDR2/
Get a 7200 RPM hard drive and replace it yourself…apparently it’s easy with the Macbooks (non-pro). You’ll run a little hotter, but the hard drive will work faster. When the RAM fills up and it has to write data to the disc, at least you’ll be going a little faster at that point than you would otherwise.
And are you planning on using Boot Camp? If you’re worried about speed it will run faster if you plan to switch between OS X and Windows using Boot Camp rather than having them both run at the same time with Parralels.
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Although you should do chapter markers last like Tom said, I highly suggest doing them in Final Cut Pro and getting them right there BEFORE you export.
In MPEG II, you can ONLY put chapter markers on I-frames. While you’re in Final Cut you can pick any frame you want for the chapter and Compressor will force that frame to be an I-frame when you export.
Once you get to DVD Studio Pro you can still change or add chapters, but at that point you’re stuck with the I-frames you’ve got. They should be about every half-second, on average, so you can always get close to what you want, but if you want a marker on an EXACT frame you might not be able to get exdactly what you want at that point.
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I thought it was always best to ad in even numbers…
=====================There is that…
I think in most systems you get a slight benefit from having mirrored RAM chips…it’s a very slight advantge, though, it won’t kill you to miss-match.
The Macbooks and the Mac Minis have a slightly more important reason to do that, however. Because of their integrated graphics (instead of a seperate video card) there is apparently a performance boost from having matching RAM.
I think that’s why they only sell up to 2 GB on those machines whereas you can buy 3 GB on the iMac and Macbook Pro.
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I’d take it back. Where’s you buy it? If it’s so new they may just exchange it for another unit.
It sounds like a hardware issue. Maybe something with the power supply? The first Macbooks had an issue where the heat sensor was tricked into thinking the laptop was overheating and it would shut the computer down. That’s not a “known issue” with the iMacs but it could be something similar.
At any rate, I think it’s something physical so you should either get it fixed or exchanged. No matter where you bought it they should have some sort of allowance for that.
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1) Does it shutdown if you leave it on with NO programs running and you don’t tough it? Or is it only when you’re actually using it?
2) Check System Preferences -> “Energy Saver” and make sure that it’s not set to go to sleep after 10 minutes. Also look for the “Schedule” button in there and make sure it’s not set to turn itself off at a set time.
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BUT will windows 64 recognize it?
==================No, it has to do with Intel’s motherboard. I’m totally not a tech, so I can’t exactly explain it, but the system is somehow already using the bandwidth that 4th GB would otherwise be using.
So if you put 4 in, it can’t access that last 4th GB.
From what I’ve heard, from a hardware-perspective it IS possible to access slightly more than 3 GB. Something like 3.25 I think. I think that some other Windows machines have been built to allow that. So youi’d buy 4 GB but only get 3.25 or something like that…the other .75 GB is just lost, which makes for a very expensive 256 MB of RAM.
Apple decided that no one would waste money like that and thus designed their hardware around a 3 GB limit. I’m nearly positive that’s in the hardware, so you have the cap in OS X and in Windows in Boot Camp.
That’s why all Macbooks and the iMac have the same 3 GB limit.
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Careful with 30p.
If you decide to later, 60i can be converted into 24p but you CAN’T turn 30p into 24p. You’re stuck with what you’ve shot in that case.
That’s not a thing that everyone needs to worry about, but just something to keep in mind.
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If your media is going to be on an external drive I’d go for the 5400. Better battery life when you’re away from the wall.
On the other hand, you could buy two more batteries for the laptop and not worry about it!
But as for firsthand experience, I’ve been using a 5400 drive Macbook Pro with an external firewire drive (7200) to do DV editing and have had zero problems so far.
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But before you do any of that…
Have you tried a different mouse? It sounds like it could be an issue with the actual mouse. That’s not likely, but worth checking.
Also, make sure you click the Apple menu and run System Updater. I’m sure there are many updates that aren’t on the CD your computer shipped with.