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iMac or Powerbook for FCP HD?

  • Thread starter lucy leheilleix
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lucy leheilleix

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Hi

I'm a video editor and I'm about to buy a mac specifically so that I can edit using FCP HD. I'd love to buy the new iMac 20", but I've been told that you need an 800 Firewire port if using HD. Is this true? If so, should I rather buy the 15" or 17" Powerbook?

Any advice would be grately appreciated.

Lucy
 
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Well I suppose the higher bandwidth HD material would definitely benefit from the faster FW800 if you're using external drives, but afaik the internal drive on the iMac is also fairly fast...
250GB Serial ATA1; 7200 rpm
Click to expand...

So the internal drives are just as fast as those found on powermacs...
So I think they should be fast enough.

Do you have an Apple store near you? Perhaps take along some hd material and try whatever you want to do out. Or speak to your local genius.
 

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