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[greg janza] “I agree. However, as with so many other things in life, emotion often plays a larger role in decision making rather than objective analytical thought.”
Hugely patronising comment there Greg, for me staying with Mac was an objective decision NOT an emotional one
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka
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[Bill Davis] “What an amazing time to be involved in Creative Arts!
“Amen to that!
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka
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[Bernard Newnham] “Being able to update at any point for much less money than buying a Mac would seem to be a no brainer, “
Firstly welcome back Bernard it’s nice to hear from you, secondly the issue for many of us is not cost particularly but it’s more about reliability and utility. I don’t know a single person that uses FCPX as their primary NLE on a Hackintosh and I’d be interested to see if anyone here has one they use as their main Edit system?
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka
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Really great article, thanks for linking it Bill
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka
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[Shawn Miller] “Or… are there more people who run both? Should those of us who only run Windows get lost? ☺
“Yes, leave and never return 🙂
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka
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Seems there are more PC users than Mac users here on this Mac based Software forum
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka
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[Dominic Deacon] “2 days? I’ve only done it a couple times but I’d say half hour to forty five minutes.”
Is this in Dog minutes? It will take you half an hour just to install Windows!!
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka
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[Tom Sefton] “But my point is that you are in a minority of editors and creatives that have the knowledge and expertise to build a machine that is reliable enough to earn a living from.”
Or the desire to build one!
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka
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[Oliver Peters] “[andy patterson] “Does it offer a better bang for the buck than a $1,600.00 dollar gaming PC?””
Not with FCPX (this is an FCPX Forum) because it can’t run it. Also if you want to run PPro and AFX on this “gaming” PC it’s also going to cost you an extra $300 in the first year and then another $1200 in the next two years for a CC subscription.
Plus the fact that any Mac still has a reasonable resale value after 3 years, the gaming PC will be worth squat.
I do understand the point Andy is making but there’s more to it than just cost. I built my own PC’s for years when I used to edit on Premiere, and to be honest I probably would again if I just used Premiere Pro, Resolve and AFX, but I don’t, I prefer using FCPX primarily which is why I asked the question in the first place. 🙂
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka
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[Oliver Peters] “Sure. But there are also plenty of PC users opting for Macs. Ironically, IBM offers their staffers Macs as a work machine option. That’s because the company analysis has shown better cost/benefit ratio with the Apple platform versus PCs. Mainly because IBM has fewer tech support (software and hardware) issues with their deployed Macs. The discussion cuts both ways.”
That’s true, I do a lot of work with IBM and I see large amounts of MacBook Pros at the various offices I visit!
I didn’t think that a post about Macs on an FCPX forum would generate so much discussion about PC’s
\”Traditional NLEs have timelines. FCPX has storylines\” W.Soyka