[Rudy Montoya]

thanks jerry!
i guess at this point, and i know 6 years is an ancient machine even a mac pro, i am wondering if i should just hold onto the macpro with all its internal drives being nice and unified. dont do much editing. definitely not pro so time waiting for rendering is less of an issue. my thought was can i get by with the entry level i5, 13″ mbp for both my main general use computer (email, web etc as well as some editing in fcp7? never used fcpx and not sure i want to even delve in at this point. i know the graphics memory is shared with the main on the 13″ mbp but i should still be able to do general editing, no?

for the small amount of work i do im wondering if the 13″ i5 is enough compared to the quad i7 books. i guess if i had the money which i dont i would get a new 15 or 17″ i7 quadcore and dump the tower but i like the portability of a 13″ for everyday use and dont know if editing fcp7 at that point would be faster/easier on it or on my current 2006 2x core 2 duo dinosaur which is still a workhorse and shows no sign of letting up its mannered but slow paces.

[Rudy Montoya]

you say the new mac pros actually prefer 2 slots on card A and 1 on card B? thats interesting. does this apply to older mac pros like my 2006 intel 2 x 2.6 dual core?
-rudy

[Rudy Montoya]

thanks rafael,
got the 24 p figured out i think.
but having a problem with the quality of the image:
ill post my latest questionin a new post

[Rudy Montoya]

still seems odd that the pattern would be 3 progressive frames followed by 2 interlaced. if i deinterlace it it becomes 4 progressive and the 5th frame is a copy of the 4th creating a stuttering look.

[Rudy Montoya]

thanks rafael,

but i thought if it was true 24f Progressive it wouldnt look like that. i thought what you mention is only for the first cameras that came out trying to mimic the film look of 24frames.