Not quite taken the plunge yet guys, but it will likely be Canon when I do. What is all the Hoo - Ha about problems editing Canon HDV footage in Final Cut Pro and what is the best Macontosh configuration.

Rod C

due to its compression seems to slow the processors of the G5 down quite substantially. A good Mac G5 2.5Ghz dual processor dual core is a monster machine and very powerful in itself. Saying that people I know who work with Z1's see a very noticeable drop in processor performance during editing. They are using FCP 5.0.4.

Hope this helps.
Mark.

I work with two FX1's and I love Apple's workflow in FCP 5 with HDV.