DeanB 19 Posted January 2, 2008 So to summarise: A MBP 15" with FCS2 and an upgrade to 4gb will be fine for editing my films together and putting them on DVD for film fests etc...as long as i have an ext monitor to colour with (my 26" sony)... Yes....or no...no blah de blah talk or computer geek jibberish please... Dive safe DeanB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jules (Helioxfilm) 1 Posted January 2, 2008 So to summarise: A MBP 15" with FCP2 and an upgrade to 4gb will be fine for editing my films together and putting them on DVD for film fests etc...as long as i have an ext monitor to colour with (my 26" sony)... Yes....or no...no blah de blah talk or computer geek jibberish please... Dive safe DeanB Yes, + some extra harddrives to utilize other codecs than HDV to get quicker encoding. Welcome :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeanB 19 Posted January 2, 2008 KÖSZÖNÖM Jules... Hope you had a great xmas and a unicum new year Dive safe DeanB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drew 0 Posted January 3, 2008 Yeah and an Express eSATA card for 120MB/s bandwidth so you can almost do uncompressed work with a RAID array. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeanB 19 Posted January 3, 2008 I'll come back to you in another 19 days... But until then..cheers Drew...I think... Dive safe Dean( i will take time to learn the black arts..one day)B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
anthp 0 Posted January 3, 2008 Might not be a bad idea to come back in 19 days actually Dean. Sounds like the MBPs might be due for a refurb. http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#MacBook_Pro You could potentially either get a new one with updated specs for same price, or a just superseded one for less. Either way a potentially good outcome if you can hold out for a few weeks. Of course, if you need it now, then go jump in. You never know with these sorts of predictions, rumors are only that - no guarantees. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeanB 19 Posted January 3, 2008 Always the way... It will have to be a significent change though...unless their getting wise to peoples own upgrades of the MBP...and doing it for us... Lord...will I ever be satisfied.... NO YOU GREEDY MORTAL Dive safe DeanB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Empty V 0 Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) So to summarise: A MBP 15" with FCP2 and an upgrade to 4gb will be fine for editing my films together and putting them on DVD for film fests etc...as long as i have an ext monitor to colour with (my 26" sony)... Yes....or no...no blah de blah talk or computer geek jibberish please... Dive safe DeanB If you're not an editor and do not know FCP then I would say no. FCP 2 is much different than 3 and 3 is much easier to use and much improved. I don't know if FCP 2 or 3 will even work on an intel mac, I'd check. Obviously Final Cut Studio 2 will be your best bet but you probably don't want to spend that kind of money. You could also try Final Cut Express. There's my Yes or No answer. BTW if your editing DV footage a firewire 400 drive will work fine, we never had any problems with streaming footage in FCP off of them. They work great as capture drives too. Billy Edited January 3, 2008 by Empty V Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeanB 19 Posted January 3, 2008 Sorry thats what i ment FCS2... Dive safe DeanB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Empty V 0 Posted January 3, 2008 (edited) Sorry thats what i ment FCS2... Dive safe DeanB Well then you're stoked. You'll have a setup to make most PC users drool over. When you get it, learn COLOR. It's a difficult program to get into but can do some amazing things. Billy Edited January 3, 2008 by Empty V Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeanB 19 Posted January 3, 2008 Why thanks Billy... Dive safe DeanB Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
