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Hubert Hofer August 27th, 2008 04:16 AM

Mac Book Pro 17" for HDV?
 
hi,I'm very seriously thinking of upgrading to a 17' MBP 7200rpm, 4Ram, 2.6processor, 200gig.
Would that be a viable HDV mobile editing system ? of course with ext. hard drives.
My 15" 2.16 MBP just doesn't appear to handle it despite the fact that I was told it would.

Mike Bisom August 27th, 2008 08:28 AM

What is it about your current MBP that isn't handling HDV the way you would like? You should have plenty of horsepower there to do HDV.

Mike

Steve Phillipps August 27th, 2008 09:05 AM

I have the MBP you describe and it does XDCam HD no problems.
Steve

Hubert Hofer August 27th, 2008 02:07 PM

the display is far too jumpy/jerky & the Apple tech told me that this was due to the 2.16 processor being overworked with hdv & 2gig ram just wasn't enough.

Noah Kadner August 27th, 2008 02:18 PM

Weird- I've cut on that exact machine with HDV and had no problems. Well I mean once you start adding in filters and effects and such you're going to get reduced frame rates but not impossible to edit with.

Noah

Vito DeFilippo August 27th, 2008 08:04 PM

Hey Hubert,

I have that exact laptop and love it. It chews up HDV with no problem.

Andy Mees August 28th, 2008 06:32 AM

I have the 17' MBP, 2.16 Ghz processor, 1GB Ram, 160GB 5400 rpm HD (much the same as your 15" just with a bigger screen) ... and it handles HDV and XDCAM HD easily

Jim Fields August 28th, 2008 11:56 AM

My wife will cut HDV 1080P on her first gen macbook core duo with no problems, with only 1.5 gb memory and the built in video card, so your MBP should be fine.


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