Jeff Carpenter
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I see that you’ve pretty much had your question answered by now but I wanted to mention that program that a hacker put on your website.
If your PC-friends’ virus-programs were finding it than you probably don’t have to worry. A ‘trojan’ is just a program that runs on your computer. The ‘trojan’ part refers to the fact that it tricks you into running it by making it look like something it isn’t. But the fact is, it’s really just an application.
What that means is that if it’s made to run on Windows it, just like any other program, probably can’t run on a Mac! And visa versa, a Mac trojan wouldn’t have much effect on a PC.
As the Intel-transition continues I’m betting we’ll see some violations of that rule, but for now it’s a pretty safe bet that if your Windows-friends are worried about something, you don’t have to be.
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What do you do? Editing something for the 6 o’clock news is a lot different than working on a childern’s ballet that’s due in 2 to 3 weeks.
The meaning of the word “reliable” can very a LOT. I use firewire drives which are seen as many as “unreliable” but the fact is, I’m working on ballets and if my drive crashes I spend an extra few hours re-digitizing my footage. It’s all in my home basement so it’s no big deal. This could totally kill someone else with a tight deadline, though.
That being said, in 3 years I’ve had my “unreliable” firewire drives mess up 2 or 3 times total. It is my understanding that a SATA RAID should be even better than that. If those kind of numbers make you nervous than your dealer has a point. If these numbers make you laugh and say “is that all?” then I think you’re fine to pick whatever you want and just ignore the dealer. It all comes down to your business and just how terrible (and expensive) a drive failure would be for you.
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I think the maximum RAM that Final Cut can use is 4 GB. I’m not positive, it might be slightly less. (I know that version 4.5 could use 2.5 GB…I thought it went up since then but I’m not positive.)
Even though the G5 chip and Tiger are both 64-bit, Final Cut Pro does not yet take full advantage of that fact. So its RAM-usage is still capped.
BUT, that’s just Final Cut. If you want to have FCP, Photoshop, Motion, and all the iLife programs running at once then you’ll make use of a lot of RAM even if any single program isn’t taking up more than 1 or 2 GBs. So I could still see the use in having 4 to 6 GB of RAM. But 10? I don’t think a video editor on a single computer could get much use out of that yet.
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You can get a firewire 800 card for the ExpressCard slot and plug your hard drive in there.
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That’s something else, Robert. What version is he using? Is it something like version 2? The more current versions have always looked just fine to me. If he is using an old version than buying the new iLife is probably the best bet, and the same price as Toast would be!
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Ask him to check the preferences in iDVD and see if it’s set to “Best Quality.”
Really, it should come out looking quite nice. I’m not sure if something’s going wrong, but he should check that first.
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Try restarting while holding down the mouse (or left mouse button if it has two buttons).
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Since no one has tested it yet I can’t say for SURE that your plan will work but everything I’ve seen leads me to believe you’ll be fine. Those laptops can compare themselves to some of the early G5 Powermacs in terms of performance which is really awesome.
You’d certainly need external storage, like you suggested. Firewire 400 will probably work but that would be the bare minimum. Don’t use USB. I would start exploring options that work with card slot. That would be your best bet. I think you can get a firewire 800 card for that slot which would let you use something like a G-Tech RAID, among other options. (Maybe even a SATA card? I haven’t heard but it might exist.)
If you buy the non-universal version then, yes, you would have to pay to have the discs exchanged. Probably best for you to just wait until you can buy the universal version outright.
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How are you running Final Cut 5? Apple says it won’t work on an Intel Mac right now. Did it actually load? I never thought to try it, but I supose it might actually open. But if you’re having problems that’s probably what Apple meant when they said it won’t work.
Yes, you’ll need to get the Universal version.
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I’ve had editing machines connected to the internet going back to a G3 iMac. Never had one single problem. You can turn off auto updates off, and if you’re not actively searching the ‘net there’s not much that’s gonna happen.