[Raju Bhai]

I have all the rushes well organzied and labeled in a discrete folder and I specify exactly where it is in the reconnect dialog box. I’ve even tried to reconnect just the individual problem clips. It reconnects to the media in my project but does wierd stuff like speeds it up and connects at different points rather than just to the in and out as specified by the clip.

[Raju Bhai]

hi, I just checked out the site! THey only have 2 models that are 7200 RPM, right? One of them is a combo drive and it’s only $4 more than the one that has only Firewire. It costs $270. Also, it doesn’t say, but do u know if it uses the new faster firwire connection or the slower one?
Also, u have been using this for over a year to edit FCP on, right? I will be doing the same thing, not using it as a storage drive but as a workhorse editing drive. You have found it to be very reliable and rugged to take with u on the road?

[Raju Bhai]

no

[Raju Bhai]

FCP 4.5 HD

[Raju Bhai]

Thank u for your responses. I will be editing music videos and it sounds like fom the responses I’ve been getting that the powerbook is an OK choice but not a great choice. I will be sacrificing alot of editing power by going with it. But I may still choose the PowerBook over other options even though it’s really just a toy for novices who like to play around with family albums and make little home movies and not made for a serious editor like myself. and the reason i will choose the PowerBook is because I really need the mobility.
Does anybody know if there are portable pocket drives that would be a good solution to edit off of. I will use an extrenal drive as the scratch disk since I hear it’s better to use a different drive to do the editing from the one where you have all the applications installed. Any thoughts? Are there any compact drives that are reliable for this sort of work? What about flash drives/pen drives, etc?