[John Pale]

Make sure you pay attention to Walters comments on hardware with PPro. On less an an 8 core machine, it’s performance drops considerably (to “not really usable” in my case)

[John Pale]

I think I answered that. You don’t have enough RAM. 64 bit requires a lot of RAM.
I’d have a minimum of 8 on that machine
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[John Pale]

[Jason Jenkins] ” “there are no significant performance differences between Snow Leopard and Lion”
“

Look at Apples web pages on Lion. If the new features appeal to you, then go for it. There are lots of them, but they might not be important to anything you do.

Both Lion and Snow Leopard are 64 bit operating systems. There isn’t a huge difference in performance, though some things might be a bit faster.

[John Pale]

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4722

The bottom paragraph basically tells you to do what I said.

I have it set up that way, and everything seems for run fine. I have not been able to test extensively, so there might be some less common function thats broken, but it seems to work fine.

[John Pale]

64 bit apps require lots more RAM to run effectively. I would at l east double that 4GB to 8.

that being said, there are no significant performance differences between Snow Leopard and Lion.

Some older Intel Macs cannot run the 64 bit kernel, but this does not affect their ability to run 64 bit apps or use large amounts of RAM…getting all the benefits of a 64 bit OS. It just means the OS can’t “talk” to hardware using 64 bit instructions.

[John Pale]

Yes you can. All you have to do is put FCPX, Compressor 4, and Motion 5 in a folder called “Final Cut Pro X” together and you can install FCS3 just fine in their normal locations. The new versions run fine in a folder. Not a big deal.

You may have to move them out of the folder if you want to do a software update, but other than that it’s not really problematic.

I believe Apple kept the names the same because both versions use the some of the same system files frameworks…the links would get broken if they changed the names.

[John Pale]

Convert the song to 48k in QT Pro, Compressor, iTunes or Garage Band.

You can also do an item level render in FCP, which accomplishes the same thing, but can come unrendered sometimes.

[John Pale]

Try to Google around and find out what brand of hard drive is inside that enclosure.
Iomega (and the companies Shane mentioned) don’t make the drives, just the enclosures. The drives are either from Western Digital or Seagate…possibly, though less likely, Hitachi. Seagate has had some problems in recent years with quality control. Apple just recently recalled some iMacs due to problems with Seagate drives.

Of course, you can easily build your own purchasing an enclosure from OWC. I’d get a Hitachi or WD drive for it.

[John Pale]

Depends on what versions you and your audio guy are running. Some may work. None may work.

You might want to make a wav or Aiff file of your mix as well.

[John Pale]

Be aware that on the ProTools side, the sound editor elects whether to import this info or not.

Many will elect not to, preferring to start from scratch.