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About to buy a mac for final cut pro/studio
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<blockquote data-quote="Nethfel" data-source="post: 887024" data-attributes="member: 89124"><p>You can edit using FCS2 (I don't know about FCS3 as I don't own it) on a Macbook, Macbook Pro (13" or greater), Mac Mini, etc. as long as it has the 9400m or better (read dedicated) GPU and video memory. </p><p></p><p>The FCS Apps will be more sluggish and more will have to be rendered on a system without a dedicated GPU, but if you're willing to work with less, you can do it. DO NOT get a used system that has the Intel GMA graphics chipset.</p><p></p><p>The mini with the 9400m will perform about the same as the Mac Pro 13" except for a bit slower of a CPU really. I have both a Mac Mini, and a unibody macbook 2.4GHz (with 9400m) and have edited HD video using FCS and FCE on both of them. This post here: <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/movies-video/158479-mac-mini-fcp.html#post873014" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/movies-video/158479-mac-mini-fcp.html#post873014</a> was a set of comments I made to a person looking to use a Mac Mini with Final Cut Studio 2. I currently don't use my mini for editing any more as it has moved to my TV to act as my HT Mac. I do still use my Macbook unibody to edit video though. </p><p></p><p>Remember - my comments in the previous post - and this one - are related to FCS2. You will need to look at the specs for FCS3, from what I understand it is a faster package then FCS2, and as long as they haven't listed in the specifications that it isn't compatible with the 9400m, you *should* be safe (I'm sure it still lists the Intel GMA based chipsets as incompatible).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nethfel, post: 887024, member: 89124"] You can edit using FCS2 (I don't know about FCS3 as I don't own it) on a Macbook, Macbook Pro (13" or greater), Mac Mini, etc. as long as it has the 9400m or better (read dedicated) GPU and video memory. The FCS Apps will be more sluggish and more will have to be rendered on a system without a dedicated GPU, but if you're willing to work with less, you can do it. DO NOT get a used system that has the Intel GMA graphics chipset. The mini with the 9400m will perform about the same as the Mac Pro 13" except for a bit slower of a CPU really. I have both a Mac Mini, and a unibody macbook 2.4GHz (with 9400m) and have edited HD video using FCS and FCE on both of them. This post here: [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/movies-video/158479-mac-mini-fcp.html#post873014[/url] was a set of comments I made to a person looking to use a Mac Mini with Final Cut Studio 2. I currently don't use my mini for editing any more as it has moved to my TV to act as my HT Mac. I do still use my Macbook unibody to edit video though. Remember - my comments in the previous post - and this one - are related to FCS2. You will need to look at the specs for FCS3, from what I understand it is a faster package then FCS2, and as long as they haven't listed in the specifications that it isn't compatible with the 9400m, you *should* be safe (I'm sure it still lists the Intel GMA based chipsets as incompatible). [/QUOTE]
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