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Posted by doc on 07/17/06 03:51
hmmmm, for more data perhaps since multi cam capture eats up a lot of drive
space and rendering files :o)
drd
<sales@peekaboovideo.ca> wrote in message
news:IAq3g.65569$VV4.1249903@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> Richard Crowley wrote:
>> sales wrote ...
>>
>>> I am in the process of purchasing a new computer for my video business.
>>> I am looking for a PC. Mac was one I was looking for but I am very
>>> familiar with the PC's and don't want to begin the learning curve of the
>>> Mac. I am using a Pentium 3.2mhz (Intel) 1gig ddr2
>>> ram, 400gig 7200rpm 8mb cache HD. Intel Board.. I suppose my question
>>> is... do I need to upgrade? or is the computer I'm using satisfactory?
>>> Any opinions? or Suggestions?
>>
>>
>> Thousands of hours of video have been edited on far
>> lesser machines. Chances are that most of the people
>> here are editing video on lesser machines than yours.
>>
>> If this is for a for-profit business, I would think that the major
>> consideration is the cost/benefit ratio. What benefit do you get from
>> the very fastest CPU and 4GB of expensive RAM vs. what it costs? Most
>> people agree that the "sweet-
>> spot" in CPUs is not the very fastest/latest model, but more
>> likely the one just one or two notches below it. OTOH, the
>> faster/better you buy, the longer its useful lifetime will be.
>>
>> If you are already a "PC shop" switching to Mac does
>> not appear to have much positive cost/benefit ratio. The higher cost of
>> Mac may be justified in some situations,
>> but yours does not sound like one of them. Since I work
>> for Intel, I now have no recommendation between PC
>> and Mac now that they have switched to our CPUs :-)
>>
>> Your listed system sounds fine except for the HD.
>> IME, a 60-80 GB HD for the boot/OS/programs/cache
>> is what I usually use for a audio/video editing workstation.
>> Then for video, two drives at least 100~120 GB each for the media files.
>> I like having two different drives because
>> it seems to make rendering tasks faster (and less wear
>> and tear on the drive) because of not having to "thrash"
>> back and forth between the source file and the destination
>> file.
>>
>> Whether you buy into my two-drive scheme for media
>> files, in any case, you DON'T want to use the same drive
>> to store both the operating system/cache AND the media
>> files. This is bad news any way you slice it.
>
> Hello
>
> Could I just use 2 drives in my editing work station?
>
> I upgraded to a 80gig raptor for my operating system and programs only.
> I use the 400gig for capturing.
> Why is the third drive required.
> -------------------------------------
> TIA
>
> mike
>
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