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Rob A.
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I'm looking into purchasing a Mac Pro, I've priced out the system via the Apple Online Store and it comes to about $10,015.
I have a lot of Hi8 video (mostly auto racing footage) on 100+ tapes that I want to convert and store off on a remote (and some local on the 2 TerraByte worth of space) USB drive.
I'm primarily a Windows XP person (software developer) and used to save the footage to AVI's (about 4GB size per tape). It is a Sony camcorder -- I don't have any HD content yet, but plan to have some in the future.
Primary usage of potential Mac Pro is:
1. Video editing HD and some 480
2. Music composition (primarily for the video compositions)
3. Graphics editing for my web site
The questions:
1. Is this enough to do what I need?
Mac Pro Intel Xeon Quad core 3Ghz
8GB RAM
ATI X1900XTX video
4 X 500MB drives
30" LCD (not really relevant)
2. What version of Final Cut do I need? Can it read AVI format?
3. What is the best web graphics creation software?
4. What is the best audio creation software? (I'm used to Sonar 5/6)
5. Do I need the Fibre channel RAID card?
Yes, I'm a soon to be Mac owner that has spent most of my life working in the M$ Windows domain -- it has taken a long time (20+ years) but I'm finally over the junk that M$ is producing lately. With Intel's injection of hardware to the Mac line-up they have become a serious platform for me.
Any opinions on the above?
Thanks, Rob.
P.S. I have not given up the Windows platform as it still is the primary source of revenue for me and most likely will be for some years.
I have a lot of Hi8 video (mostly auto racing footage) on 100+ tapes that I want to convert and store off on a remote (and some local on the 2 TerraByte worth of space) USB drive.
I'm primarily a Windows XP person (software developer) and used to save the footage to AVI's (about 4GB size per tape). It is a Sony camcorder -- I don't have any HD content yet, but plan to have some in the future.
Primary usage of potential Mac Pro is:
1. Video editing HD and some 480
2. Music composition (primarily for the video compositions)
3. Graphics editing for my web site
The questions:
1. Is this enough to do what I need?
Mac Pro Intel Xeon Quad core 3Ghz
8GB RAM
ATI X1900XTX video
4 X 500MB drives
30" LCD (not really relevant)
2. What version of Final Cut do I need? Can it read AVI format?
3. What is the best web graphics creation software?
4. What is the best audio creation software? (I'm used to Sonar 5/6)
5. Do I need the Fibre channel RAID card?
Yes, I'm a soon to be Mac owner that has spent most of my life working in the M$ Windows domain -- it has taken a long time (20+ years) but I'm finally over the junk that M$ is producing lately. With Intel's injection of hardware to the Mac line-up they have become a serious platform for me.
Any opinions on the above?
Thanks, Rob.
P.S. I have not given up the Windows platform as it still is the primary source of revenue for me and most likely will be for some years.