Posted by sales on 04/25/06 14:43

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.
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TIA

mike

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