Gotcha, but again, they had a market in Mac before, what's to stop them from gaining some of it back? Some people don't like Avid or FCP AND don't like windows, so why not Adobe...

i'm going MAC for premiere
 

i've been using premiere for windows for a while - i bought a macbook pro for DJing and use premiere in windows right now using boot camp. my windows side "over heats" everyonce and a while so I'm hoping to run a smoother crash free version in mac os once it's ready...we'll see????

(CS3 + FCPS2) * Mac Pro = :D!

Hi Ron;
How do you know which services you can shut down in windows? Some are obvious, but most are so cryptically named its hard to know what they do. With 58 processes running in the background, I certainly have too many. I do have a logitech bluetooth keyboard-mouse that has some processes running, and ofcourse any anitvirus just adds tons of slow down stuff.
I would like to know how to determine what I do/don't need. Any chance of seeing a list of what you have/have not running. I assume you are using the Adobe suite, I have that plus Vegas 7, and cineform aspect. Thanks - PK

There are several articles out there that cover what services do what and what you can turn off.

thanks - can you be more specific, like in DV Info, or where, any links? thanks - PK

Sorry, here are some links

http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/servicesxp.htm

http://www.optimizingpc.com/optimize...sservices.html

The info at http://www.videoguys.com/WinXP.html may be of some use to you. This is what I followed in principle to set up my system. For my editing PC has no Virus software , XP firewall is OFF, CD/DVD seek is OFF, all auto updates are OFF, swap file is fixed size etc. Separate drives for each camera captured, separate drive for temp files. I have boot drive, temp drive and three capture/video drives and two external drives for backups and to swap out files to leave space on main drives for editing.

Ron Evans

I recently made the jump to a quad core G5 running FCP 5.1 to support HD. Otherwise, I was using Premiere Pro 1.5 on my PC (XP Pro) to edit SD. Both are fine applications. My PC is also running Cubase SX3, Reason, and host of other music, midi & creative applications, but I will transition these to my Mac because of its reliability. Of course, I could beef up my PC to the same specs as my Mac, but I am convinced that Windows (no matter how good) was never intended on supporting these types of applications to begin with. Less taxing applications like Photoshop rarely have any problems on Windows - it's the more demanding applications where it runs into trouble. Another factor in Windows are the constant virus protection processes which eat system resources, and is notorious for hanging applications (at least my experience anyway).

Call me crazy, but I fully intend on having both Adobe Production Premium CS3 & Final Cut Studio 2 running on my Mac. There is major bias toward FCP for good reason, but the playing field has now been leveled and both bring their advantages. Long time FCP users - you owe it to yourself to take a test drive on Premiere - it's intuitive, efficient, and works like how an editor thinks. It has come a long way. I personally like the Flash & AE integration, and will use Premiere along side FCP to compliment my work, and to expand my knowledge so I can work in this field full time. I am beginning to get acquainted with FCP and will continue using it as my main editor, but both are amazing - take your pick.

Thanks Marco (and Ron) for the links. They will be most useful in optimizing my machine - Thanks Again - PK

Instead of trying to "optimize" an already overwhelmed Windows machine, just wipe it clean and start from scratch. Cleaning up your registry and getting rid of already installed software will never yield the same result. With computers so inexpensive today there is absolutely no reason for using the same machine for video editing and everyday "office" type work (e-mail, internet, word processing).

I am talking from personal experience. Since I have a dedicated computer for editing and a "general" one (use a KVM switch to keep only one monitor, one keyboard and one mouse on your desk), life is good again. This allowed me to edit native 1080i HDV realtime on a rather oldish P4 @ 3GHz and 1 GB of RAM despite of everything I read on this forum. (Disclaimer: I don't do heavy effects).

[QUOTE=Jeremy Clark;703371]I recently made the jump to a quad core G5 running FCP 5.1 to support HD.

Call me crazy, but I fully intend on having both Adobe Production Premium CS3 & Final Cut Studio 2 running on my Mac.


You must be planning on buying a new mac than because premiere will only run on an intel mac not a G5. The only reason adobe is bringing it back to mac is because of the switch to intel chips.