1. If you're not putting a lot on the computer itself (no big itunes library, personal photos, etc) 256 is plenty for the operating system and programs you'll use. However, video editing performance is significantly better on SSD. It can be convenient to move your project onto the computer's hard drive while editing, then back off again when you're done, so for that reason you might want more space. But there's nothing wrong with doing everything off of the external hard drive.
2. Nothing wrong with 3rd party RAM. It's user replaceable on the 27". 3. It will most likely come with Mavericks at this point. There's no official way to downgrade to Mountain Lion. You might be able to set up a partition and put Mountain Lion on that - although I don't know where you'd get the OS outside of a Genius Bar appointment in an Apple Store (Mountain Lion was never released on any sort of media - download only and it's no longer in the App Store). I'm sure someone on the internet has figured out a solution to this, however. The long term solution though is that FCP 7 is no longer officially supported, so you will have to switch to FCPX or another editing program some day, probably within the next 2-3 years. FCPX is already over 2 years old. Best to accept that and prepare as soon as you can and figure out how to transfer old projects to new formats. Stopgap bandaging things with partitions or old OS images won't last forever. On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Ken Paul Rosenthal < kenpaulrosent...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I'm going to purchase a new 27" iMac for editing video this weekend and > have several questions: > > > 1) 256GB or 512GB SSD internal drive? All my media will be stored on > external drives. So will the more affordable 256GB be enough to handle > everything else? PLEASE NOTE: There's a ton of information on various > forums about Fusion drives wreaking havoc on audio interfaces, so I'm > steering clear of them. > > > 2) Whenever I've brought my laptop in past years for repairs, Apple has > always raised the possibility of mixed brands of RAM contributing to > whatever the problem at hand might be. It's always seemed like they were > just trying to push their proprietary RAM on me. Regardless, with my new > 27" iMac purchase, I thought I'd remove the 8GB that comes with, then max > the computer out with 32GB of Crucial RAM--or any other brand that folks > might suggest. Thoughts? > > > 3) Lastly, best I can gather from reading through tons of forum posts, > Final Cut Pro 7 does not function in Mavericks, but it will function in > Mountain Lion. The new 27" iMacs from B&H still ship with Mountain Lion, > but I intend to purchase direct from Apple as I have a friend who can get > me a substantial discount. I'll call Apple to see if they're still shipping > with Mountain Lion with the option to download Mavericks online. But was > wondering if anyone who recently purchased a 27" iMac received it with with > Mountain Lion? And if not, is it possible to 'down grade' to Mountain Lion? > > > Thanks, Ken > > > www.maddancementalhealthfilmtrilogy.com > > > www.kenpaulrosenthal.com > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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