Randy Johnson
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o.k. best on the desktop market I think you were trying to read into what I was saying. Yes server boards are “beefer” than desktop boards are very reliable. I dont think (in the editing world) that a server board is going to last that much more than a good desktop board. The question I have is What can I Mac pro do that a home made intel machine with OSX on it cant do? I mean that sincerly is there something that a $3000+ can do that my $1500 cant? Hey I build my own machines and I know most folks dont have the know how or the time to deal with service and unfortunatly have to spend bigger bucks but if you go cheaper why not? Spend more money on cameras. I know we have really gone off track and we will have to agree to disagree but to answer the original post from my experiance with my 2 systems YES you can run FCP and YES BM intensity pro both work fine. I cant speak for the other BM products because I dont have them.
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2 things 1. I dont remeber anyone saying were using a $500 computer My i-7s have the best motherboards on the market with intel chip and cost about $1,200. Just because you pay a lot for a computer doesnt mean its any better. Id put my i-7 up against a Mac pro any day. in fact its better because it can properly run Windows too. The difference between one of mine and a Mac pro or a Boxx is your paying $1500 to have someone put it together and give you a warranty. Which is important if you dont have the ability to maintain your own machine but its not to me.
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Bob,
Try and understand not everyone who edits is making movies or commercials there’s a lot of guys out there doing weddings and corporate work (like myself) that simply dont need a $3000 pre-built system. I build my own systems for about $1000 to $1500 which do everything I need and at least for now run just as fast as a Macpro. There is nothing a Macpro can do (that I need) that one of my systems wont do and I don’t see a problem with someone going to the Apple store and buying a copy of Leopard (snow or not) then going home a installing it on hardware he bought himself.Randy Johnson
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By the way I’ve been running an Gigabyte/intel nehalem based machine with Leopard and Vista x64 happily with my decklink about a month now…
Ditto only with a Intensity pro.
On the legal thing, I think Pystar must have SOME leg to stand on or Apples legal would have blown them out of the water by now.
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My thing in my business is I do more on a PC than a Mac but I do use OSX occasionally but id rather have a windows machine that runs osx than a Mac that runs windows. Also the problem I have with Apples marketing is I need more than a i-mac because I use BM type cards but I cant justify a $3000 8 core computer I like many people were hoping Apple would see the light and release a mid-range tower and maybe a company like Pystar will push them that way.
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With all do respect it is more complex than that.Sure moneys a factor but your assuming that the users are ONLY using Mac its a diverse world out there now and there are strong programs on both sides of the fence and people want options, options that Apple doesnt want to give up at this time. In my case I need 2 machines I run a buisness but its a very small one and I cant afford 2 $3,000 Mac pros I will say if all I used was OSX then I would definatlty buy at least one Mac Pro. I know everyone comes down on Pystar and I honestly I would never buy one but if nothing else they are making people see the outrageous mark up that Apple does.
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FCP and BMD products are not “smart” enough to tell the difference or any other hackintosh. Now with Leopard 10.5 finished the only way Apple could mess up you Pystar or and other Hackintosh is if you went to Snow leopard in that case Apple update would make your whole machine a brick not just FCP. Theres no reason why BMI products or FCP wont run with Pystar in 10.5.x at the end of the day if it looks like a duck and it quacks like a duck its a duck. theres no magic in Mac pro its a Intel machine with OSX installed.
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I know I can playback AVCHD footage and it plays pretty clean with the occasoinal stopage. What I wonder is what will happen when I get a big project going. I do weddings and even though there pretty simple (1 or 2 layers) they can be like 2:30 hours long. I wonder if it will get slower with length.
Randy Johnson
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