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<blockquote data-quote="Levi" data-source="post: 461311" data-attributes="member: 33973"><p>With the MacBook Pro, you can actually hook up the 30" display... it's not quite as good as 2 24", but it's pretty darn sweet!</p><p></p><p>The biggest advantage would be being able to edit on location (or anywhere), which is pretty cool, and a real time saver.</p><p></p><p>With the money you save you could get a DV deck, that 30" display, some external HDD space, or put it into software... or anything else you'll need.</p><p></p><p>The only drawbacks are you're limited by HDD space (shouldn't be too much of a problem if you're only working on short projects, and you only capture what you know you're going to use), it won't render projects as quickly (although it will still be pretty darn quick... remember it's faster than what even the professionals where using 18 months ago), and I imagine battery life will suck doing Final Cut Studio work (but how far away are you from a power supply at any one point? You'll have them at home, at class and on location most probably).</p><p></p><p>Time for you to way up the pros/cons methinks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Levi, post: 461311, member: 33973"] With the MacBook Pro, you can actually hook up the 30" display... it's not quite as good as 2 24", but it's pretty darn sweet! The biggest advantage would be being able to edit on location (or anywhere), which is pretty cool, and a real time saver. With the money you save you could get a DV deck, that 30" display, some external HDD space, or put it into software... or anything else you'll need. The only drawbacks are you're limited by HDD space (shouldn't be too much of a problem if you're only working on short projects, and you only capture what you know you're going to use), it won't render projects as quickly (although it will still be pretty darn quick... remember it's faster than what even the professionals where using 18 months ago), and I imagine battery life will suck doing Final Cut Studio work (but how far away are you from a power supply at any one point? You'll have them at home, at class and on location most probably). Time for you to way up the pros/cons methinks. [/QUOTE]
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