Posted by William Davis on 10/09/05 20:27

In article <1128824744.482864.170980@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"blackburst@aol.com" <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?

Around here in the community colleges, the FCP classes are always full,
not so much the other software packages. At our local FCP users group,
we're getting a surprising number of users from the local government
shops (including public utilities, city government, etc) ALL seem to be
switching to FCP.

I suspect you'll be very safe with your choice.

But by all means call around your community and find out what the
serious players are using. Particularly the folks who are "downsizing"
from the previsous generations needlessly expensive AVID systems, etc.

Good luck.

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