Posted by Captain Slick on 10/09/05 18:20

blackburst@aol.com wrote:
> I'm about to buy the first of two Final Cut Pro NLEs for an access
> studio. My Board and I feel that FCP is the best option, as it offers a
> lot of power for the price and is the defacto NLE standard at this
> level.
>
> We plan on buying a G5 dual 2.7 ghz, 512mb DDR400 SDRAM, 250gb serial
> ATA-7200rpm ATI Raedon 9650 w256mb DDR SDRAM, 1gb DDR400 SDRAM upgrade,
> 16x double layer drive, keys, mouse, 20" monitor, OSX.
>
> Final Cut Studio (FCP5, DVD Studio Pro 4, Motion 2, Soundtrack Pro)and
> a few peripherals. Board says I'm good up to about $7500.
>
> Am I on the right track here?
>
> A friend uses almost the same system for weddings and says he has
> problems, and has switched back to an earlier system. What say you?
>
Are you following the transition Apple is making from their current
PowerPC platform to Intel? I understand the power-user machines will be
replaced later than the consumer iMacs. How will you feel two or three
years down the road knowing that your machine is a dinosaur and not
upgradeable?

My advice would be to go with Adobe's suite of video products on an
Intel platform. Put the extra money in the bank and if you're still not
sold on Premiere go for the Apple.

I use Premiere Pro 1.5 and it's rock solid.

-Bill

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