Posted by Jona Vark on 10/10/05 14:22

"Captain Slick" <CaptainSlick@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> 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

Ditto here. We have an FCP system which couldn't even get through simple
projects without nightmares. Apples QC on their hardware/software is very
poor.. note the thousands who had to have their screens replaced on their
nanopods in a week or two.. and our Mac is on its third mainboard for
failed firewire connections. I did figure out a way to keep it from breaking
again.. simply by NOT turning it on.

Also note that any apple you buy now will be obsolete when the Intel
machines arrive. May as well buy an intel machine now.

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