[Olivier Prudhomme]

Thx Jason

[Olivier Prudhomme]

I never heard of the 30 min limit for the T3i… Did you experience it?
What camera would you recommend?

[Olivier Prudhomme]

Thanks for taking the time to reply but I”m not tech savvy I guess and you lost me there sorry…. CPU GPU SATA PCies….

I edit professionally promos at work and I do side jobs from home: FCP 7, AE, AVID, one day PProCC I’m sure.
My side jobs are not consistent enough to pay for a $2000 computer.
This is why I am exploring computers in the $1400 range.

[Olivier Prudhomme]

thx for the benchmark
I’m just confused with the single core vs multi and 32 vs 64…
Arent the mac pro and iMac multi core and 64?…. Why do they show up in the single core category and is this category relevent or should i just look at the mutli core / 64 bits results?

Depending which results I look at , the iMac 21″ seems awesome. And then not so much…

Nice set up you have. I can’t afford your iMac though….
I see it beats easily your 2006 Mac pro.
I wonder what it’d do against the 2009 mac pro I was looking at…

[Olivier Prudhomme]

I’m ok working with older technology as long as it does the job in fact.
After reading all this it made me realize that all I need to know is if the iMac I listed here as at least the same performances as the MacPro…
Benchmarks maybe…

[Olivier Prudhomme]

What year is the Macpro you use at work so I can compare. The one I”m looking at is a 2009.
You’re right iMac comes with a monitor but I don’t need one since I already have a home studio so this is not a “motivation” to lean towards the iMac.
I also have a Caldigit Raid storage. And that’s for bringing this up because it reminds me that the iMac has NO firewire and my 2 year-old Caldigit (along with my other 2 G Raid) don’t have USB3 or thunderbolt… So here’s another several hundreds for storage… Unless TB to Firewire adapters perform well.

Thx for your input

[Olivier Prudhomme]

Warranties on the iMac are 1 year plus possibility to buy Apple Care.
On the MacPro it’s only 30days….

Actually you brought up the point I always hear about: expandability of the MacPro.
I like that a lot. I might be wrong but it feels like I can start with a decent machine and slowly upgrade it whereas the iMac is…. what I get when I buy…

Waiting to hear more opinions.

Thx

[Olivier Prudhomme]

thx, I’ll check it out

[Olivier Prudhomme]

same issue here with JKL lag and Kona

[Olivier Prudhomme]

thx for the tip.
Been doing that and quite happy with the results actually