I have a 2 yr old 2GHz, 2GB ram, 128MB video card, first revision MBP and I use it every day for editing HD video. I love it. I would love to have a new MacPro but I don't want to sacrifice portability and I can't afford one as a second machine. I'll probably keep this one another year and wait for the next generation of processors - http://www.macrumors.com/2008/03/19/intel-outlines-next-generation-processors-nehalem-due-in-late-2008/
- Verdi On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 1:38 PM, Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "love it" bah! long live the glorious PC and Windows down with the > evil cult of Mac, did you know that it's all "those" mac people who > are creating all the computer viris's? And they are also responable > for global warming, and they snore alot and have bad breath! > > Man.....I really wish I had bought a mac, go for it! > > Heath > http://batmangeek.com > http://heathparks.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Meade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > I have a Macbook Pro and I love it (love it love it). It's the > first > > mac I've ever owned, so I can't really compare it to others for you > > but I can tell you how mine has performed... > > > > I have the 2.4 GHz (Intel Core 2 Duo) with 2 GB of RAM > > (I assume you meant to say yours would have 4GB no MB) > > > > Mine preforms very well. Last night I exporting a 5minute 480x270 > > multi-pass H.264 mp4 at 600kb with 192kbps stereo sound ... while I > > didn't actually time it I can remember / guess at this much: > > * it initially said it was going to take 20some minutes but didn't > > actually take nearly that long > > * It probably took 7-10 minutes? (I'm a pretty bad guesser of such > > things but ...) > > * It wasn't long enough that I even bothered walking away from the > computer. > > > > Sometimes when I have a more complex edit with lots of filters in > FCE, > > the "real time rendering" isn't great, but hitting option-r does a > > very quick render of the timeline for you. > > > > I'm sure there will be projects where you'll want/need go off to do > > something else while it exports ... but I've still always felt that > my > > lil' macbook pro's export times fall well within expected and > > reasonable time frames. > > > > I have the glossy screen, and I really like it, but the glossy/matte > > issue seems to be kinda like arguing religion ... I'm not sure there > > really is a right answer. It's probably more about which looks > better > > to your eye. > > > > well I dunno if any of that is helpful, but I use my Macbook Pro for > > all my editing/exporting now and I've not had any regrets. > > > > - Dave > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Ron Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hey everybody, > > > I'm looking to pick up a macbook pro in the not too distant > future > > > and was hoping to get some feedback as to how the new machines > are > > > performing, and any config suggestions. > > > > > > I'm looking at the 15" 2.4Ghz 200GB with 4 MB of ram. > > > > > > Any help would be appreciated... > > > > > > I'll be taking a trip down to the Mac store sometime soon... > > > > > > Questions: > > > How is rendering time on these machines? > > > > > > Is there a large difference between the 2.4 Ghz and 2.5 Ghz > models? > > > > > > What are the pros & cons with the glossy display? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Ron Watson > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- http://graymattergravy.com http://reportsfromthefuture.com http://michaelverdi.com
