final cut studio are you on iMac or mac pro at DVinfo.net

Luke Oliver · September 11th, 2011, 05:39 AM

Ive had my mac pro now for 3 years and im looking to upgrade, is anyone in the wedding business editing on Final cut on the Imac, or is a Mac pro the way to go again. For me its been a work horse.

Regards

Luke

Marcus Durham · September 11th, 2011, 10:12 AM

Are you using a Macbook Pro or a full Mac Pro tower.

If it is the full tower you may wish to investigate RAM and video card upgrades first. You may also consider changing edit package as Final Cut 7 cannot use more than 2 CPU cores and is based on 32 bit technology. Even if you upgrade your hardware you still won't be able to harness all of the power because, Compressor aside, Final Cut Studio is now feeling its age.

Premiere on my 3 year old Mac Pro tower feels a totally different experience from FCP 7 because it can actually use the 64 bit hardware and all the CPU cores. Throw in some more RAM and a Quadro video card and it feels like a new machine.

Robert Turchick · September 11th, 2011, 01:51 PM

Have to second that comment. I'm on a 3 year old Mac pro and while I bought it with 16gb ram, the video card will be my upgrade as I already own cs5.5 production premium. Still runs FCP as fast as it could possibly go. The card is about $700 vs a newer Mac pro. And btw, my machine still runs faster than one friends brand new iMac and another friends 6month old MacBook pro. Hard to beat 8 cores and 16gb ram!

September 11th, 2011, 05:39 AM	#1
Luke Oliver Major Player Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Guernsey , Channel Islands Posts: 242	final cut studio are you on iMac or mac pro Ive had my mac pro now for 3 years and im looking to upgrade, is anyone in the wedding business editing on Final cut on the Imac, or is a Mac pro the way to go again. For me its been a work horse. Regards Luke

September 11th, 2011, 10:12 AM	#2
Marcus Durham Major Player Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Hampshire, UK Posts: 693	Re: final cut studio are you on iMac or mac pro Are you using a Macbook Pro or a full Mac Pro tower. If it is the full tower you may wish to investigate RAM and video card upgrades first. You may also consider changing edit package as Final Cut 7 cannot use more than 2 CPU cores and is based on 32 bit technology. Even if you upgrade your hardware you still won't be able to harness all of the power because, Compressor aside, Final Cut Studio is now feeling its age. Premiere on my 3 year old Mac Pro tower feels a totally different experience from FCP 7 because it can actually use the 64 bit hardware and all the CPU cores. Throw in some more RAM and a Quadro video card and it feels like a new machine. __________________ Marcus Durham Media2u, Corporate Video Production For Your Business - http://www.media2u.co.uk Last edited by Marcus Durham; September 11th, 2011 at 02:16 PM.

September 11th, 2011, 01:51 PM	#3
Robert Turchick Trustee Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 1,389	Re: final cut studio are you on iMac or mac pro Have to second that comment. I'm on a 3 year old Mac pro and while I bought it with 16gb ram, the video card will be my upgrade as I already own cs5.5 production premium. Still runs FCP as fast as it could possibly go. The card is about $700 vs a newer Mac pro. And btw, my machine still runs faster than one friends brand new iMac and another friends 6month old MacBook pro. Hard to beat 8 cores and 16gb ram! __________________ The older I get, the better I was!