FWIW at Smashface we had a G-Tech 160gb drive that died after only a few weeks - RMA'd for a replacement drive that ended up being flaky, too. They are good looking drives, but I'm not too keen on them.
If you're looking for something a little more robust, flexible, etc take a look at Drobo: http://drobo.com/Products/drobo.html Rick --- In [email protected], "Brook Hinton" <bhin...@...> wrote: > > G-Tech does have a good rep these days but they are pricey. All FW drives > are fragile and they all die. All brands. The infamous failed-within-a-month > phenom affects a small percentage of them all - warranties and backups are > important. There are still people who swear by Lacie. Generally people swear > by the last drive they've tried. Until it fails, then they hate THAT brand. > The only downside to a MBP for FCP Studio is slow rendering time compared to > a new tower. Compared to a G5 they scream though. > > Downside for After Effects is 4GB max ram. > > Other than that they're great. I edit HD prores on mine all the time, and > even do color correction for clients (with additional outboard gear) with > one. > > If you plan on doing a lot of work in Color (meaning the app), though, a > tower is worth the bother. > > Brook > > > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 2:14 AM, David Terranova > <da...@...>wrote: > > > I vaguely remember a similar discussion a few months ago... but I steer > > clear of Lacie. 2 of mine failed and several friends have had the same > > problem. > > When speaking our hardware support company, they advised me to avoid them > > completely, I think they¹ve actually stopped selling them because they got > > so many customers sending them back. > > They strongly recommend using G-tech which is considered a lot more > > industrial than the home-use drives such as lacie. So I know own a G-Raid > > which works perfectly with fcp on my macbook. > > > > -- > > David Terranova > > www.davidterranova.com | blog.davidterranova.com | www.rebelrave.tv > > > > From: Irene Duma <ir...@... <irene%40strangeduck.com>> > > Reply-To: "[email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>" > > <[email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>> > > Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:46 -0330 > > To: <[email protected] <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>> > > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: Macbook pro for video editing > > > > > > Cool. I think then the macbook pro will be a sweet treat as long as my G5 > > will hold out. Having the 2 would be good - to speed up Quicktime > > conversion. > > > > Oh, what size should I get. I have a 17 inch PC laptop. It¹s pretty big and > > heavy and though I love the screen size, portability is lost. So many > > decisions. > > > > I used to have good luck with Lacie harddrives but I just got a 1 > > Terrabyte Porsche on sale really cheap at Futureshop and it has caused my > > Mac to crash on numerous occasions. I think it blew something it¹s acting > > weird. I tried to run Onyx and it said I need to repair the start up disc. > > I > > don¹t know how to do that, so need to call someone in because I have enough > > stuff to learn and that kind of stuff scares me. I am now thinking of > > upgrading to Leopard. Does that make sense. Or do I have to repair the disk > > first? > > > > Argh. I only like computers when they work ;) > > > > Oh, and thanks for your reply. Will check newegg. > > > > > > Irene > > > > 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 > > > > . > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________________ > Brook Hinton > film/video/audio art > www.brookhinton.com > studio vlog/blog: www.brookhinton.com/temporalab > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
