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<blockquote data-quote="melmation" data-source="post: 308236" data-attributes="member: 20336"><p><strong>mm</strong></p><p></p><p>In my experience, a bigger screen doesn't make that much difference. A mate of mine went to Kenya for 3 months to shoot 2 documentaries, and he took a 12" Powerbook out with him and edited on that in HD just fine.</p><p></p><p>I mean, yeah, bigger screen size is a plus, but if this 15" MBP is a good deal for you, it is worth going for it. Also, if you are editing and need more screen size, plump for a widescreen external monitor. The native screen is as good though without breaking the bank.</p><p></p><p>A 7200rpm hard drive is nice, but really not that necessary. Final cut can render the files you have in it's time line and playback is very smooth, infact, perfect. I wouldn't reccomend editing on the laptops internal hard drive anyway due to heat build up and also, can make the drive last for less time, hence reccomending an external drive. This is due to the head racing back and forwards to scan the video files and spinning up and down every time you go to read files.</p><p></p><p>What I sometiems do is hook my camcorder which has fireiwre in/out and av in/out up to the computer and then up to my tv to get a 'live' picture on the screen for reference, but to be honest, this is usually to make it look good for my clients. If you know what you are doing, and use the action guides in FCP (which i think are turned on by default anyway) you can edit away on the MBP screen like I do and just render it out to whatever medium you need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="melmation, post: 308236, member: 20336"] [b]mm[/b] In my experience, a bigger screen doesn't make that much difference. A mate of mine went to Kenya for 3 months to shoot 2 documentaries, and he took a 12" Powerbook out with him and edited on that in HD just fine. I mean, yeah, bigger screen size is a plus, but if this 15" MBP is a good deal for you, it is worth going for it. Also, if you are editing and need more screen size, plump for a widescreen external monitor. The native screen is as good though without breaking the bank. A 7200rpm hard drive is nice, but really not that necessary. Final cut can render the files you have in it's time line and playback is very smooth, infact, perfect. I wouldn't reccomend editing on the laptops internal hard drive anyway due to heat build up and also, can make the drive last for less time, hence reccomending an external drive. This is due to the head racing back and forwards to scan the video files and spinning up and down every time you go to read files. What I sometiems do is hook my camcorder which has fireiwre in/out and av in/out up to the computer and then up to my tv to get a 'live' picture on the screen for reference, but to be honest, this is usually to make it look good for my clients. If you know what you are doing, and use the action guides in FCP (which i think are turned on by default anyway) you can edit away on the MBP screen like I do and just render it out to whatever medium you need. [/QUOTE]
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