I have a G4 with 2 G ram and an Intel mac also with 2 G ram. I can't remember how fast my G4 is, as I rarely use it, but the Intel mac has a 2.16 Ghz processor (dual core of course). Anyhoo, it's more than fast enough for any video I do, though admittedly I'm not really doing super long or super complex videos.
I always pooh-poohed the response that video editing was faster/easier on a mac until I got one. Now, like the Monkees, I'm a believer (did I date myself with that reference?). I can't help you with specs, but I can concur that I love it, love it, love it like David. I'm saving up for the AIR now. -- Robyn Tippins 408-718-0886 office 510-579-5558 cell PM, Developer Tools Yahoo! Platforms Sleepyblogger.com | Gamingandtech.com On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:33 AM, 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]<k9disc%40mac.com>> > 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 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
