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Posted by doc on 05/20/06 03:45
well for us, rendering meant we could go to lunch and take a long lunch with
FCP on our 30 min shows, but with avid xpress we barely get time to make
coffee and get the brew finished when avid is done, let alone, all the
former assumes that FCP didn't crash, which it did, multiple times in row
sometimes and apple couldn't figure it out but did recommend a complete
reboot of the os and software (THRICE) and then finally said it was a
hardware issue. after the hardware was fixed (supposedly and a fresh boot)
the problem still occurred (crashes) just not as often (instead of 1 in 3,
maybe 1 in 4 or 5) :o( by this time, mac had made there decision not to
pay our warranty claim because we took the machine to an apple/mac
authorized repair station instead of an authorized warranty station. we
fixed the problem though, we sold them, and got one pc at best buy and used
an athlon 64 that we use in our audio business and can finish a show in
nearly half the time it took on FCP. and for us, time is $$$$.
drd
"Mr. Tapeguy" <mr.tapeguy@pro-tape.com> wrote in message
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> waif69 wrote:
>> Mr Tapeguy and nappy both have some good points. I worked in IT for 23
>> years and have built custom PC's for NLE, didn't know much then about
>> NLE except how to make the computer work and assemble it. I now, would
>> be what some would consider to be a macfanboy. I have demonstrated to
>> myself, when I got into NLE, that mac does simply work out of the box.
>> That does not mean it is perfect, but mac is closer than I have seen
>> from most PCs with very few expensive exceptions.
>
> That's what the data suggests but obviously, there are instances such
> as Doc's where things didn't run the way they should. That is to be
> expected.
>
>
>> Nappy had a two points that I agree with and feel they should be
>> pointed out. 1. FCP/FCS or FCE do render slow, compared to Avid. 2.
>> Now is not the time to buy mac and FCP/FCS/FCE unless you get a G5.
>> FCP/FCSand FCE are coded for the PowerPC processors, and not optimized
>> for Intel, YET. Next year, would be fine (my prediction) to buy an
>> MacIntel with FinalCut.
>
> Render time has not been a strenght of FCP. I know they are working on
> this. Faster processors and time will tell if they can catch up.
>
> The newest versions of FCS (5.1 and above) are universal binary and
> coded for Intel. There has been at least one update. People are using
> it on Intel iMacs and MacBooks. I think they are ready to go which is
> not to say that 5.1.1 wasn't needed to resolve some issues. That's
> life in the computer world, especially non-linear.
>
> Craig
>
> http://www.pro-tape.com
>
> Apple Final Cut Studio - Avid XPress Pro - Avid Liquid - Digidesign Pro
> Tools - Sony Vegas
>> My two cents.
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