[Zed Stone]

Thanks Uli.

Sorry for the confusing reply earlier — I knew you meant FC Pro, I was just assuming that I would have to use Express (which would actually be my preference).

Logging/batching (capturing in general) isn’t really a concern for me right now.

“The basic rule to go by is using the software version that was up-to-date when the hardware was current.”

That’s the info that I’m having trouble finding — I don’t know what was up-to-date when Panther was current.

Thanks again.

[Zed Stone]

wow, 4.5? I thought I would definitely have to get an older version of Express. In fact, I still might just for the cost savings…

Would Express be an adequate facsimile of what I might find on the job market? Like I said, I use Avid, and more and more the jobs that come up are looking for FCP users. I just wanted to get comfortable with the interface.

I’ll definitely double the RAM.

thanks very much for the reply.

If you or anyone else have any more advice, I’d love to hear it.

Z