I finally got to play to with FCPX on Retina display at the Apple store and had the same “blown away” experience. Even with the base model it was just fantastic – although the project was Pro RES Proxy it still was blazing fast adding fx and color timing and looks clearer and better than any monitor I’ve ever used.
I have a fast all SSD Win 7 workstation and I thought that was fast – the built-in memory on the MccBook is just crazy fast. I’m waiting for the extra cash for the mid to higher end model. I can see editing a feature film using proxy files with just the on-board memory – awesome. Who knew the day would come when it was faster to use the system drive than an external raid?
Lance Bachelder
Writer, Editor, Director
Irvine, California