I use a MacBook Pro for all of my editing. But I'll soon be upgrading to a MacPro tower. My MBP is a couple of years old but still reliably handles Final Cut Pro and my HD footage. It's not the fastest of the bunch, but it does its job. A brand new MBP should be fine, so long as you don't need to do much rendering or effects work. You can only upgrade the RAM so much on the laptops, they eventually fizzle out in terms of abilities to tackle HD, etc. after a couple years and there's no upgrade path for them.
The G5 should actually be enough, provided you have some good RAM in there, for HD needs. I don't recommend any heavy duty editing on a laptop because, like me, you'll get tied into so many external drives and devices that being mobile is the furthest thing from your mind. :) I've had good luck with Lacie external drives -- knock on wood. I have four so far and they are all running great. Price and performance tends to be good for them. There are some other more expensive models that have more solid track records. Check out Newegg.com and list models by rating and read some customer reviews. Good luck! Dom http://blog.gadzookfilms.com http://twitter.com/gadzook http://store.gadzookfilms.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Irene Duma <ir...@...> wrote: > > Just checking to see if the Macbook pro can handle pro video editing with > FCP. Anything I should know about? > > I have a 4 year old G5 duo tower now, so am thinking a prezzie for me would > be nice this time of year. And a portable video editing machine would be > super nice - if it could do the work. > > Can it handle HD? > > And what's the best external harddrive to get? Can you edit with all your > clips on the external? So far I always keep mine on the tower. > > Thx a bunch. > > > Irene Duma > Strange Duck Media > > Web Design and Creative Marketing > Blogging easy computer tips http://www.strangeduck.com/blog > and comedy at http://www.bittertonic.com > > St. John�s Address: > C.709-699-8205 >
