Final Cut HD on Imac 24"

[Clemovie]

Hallo fellows.

Id like to buy a home MAC with the posibility of editing and rendering high quality SHORT movies at home.

I'm filming with the Panasonic HVX200's at a recording resolution @ 960x720P.

Does any of you have experience in editing HD material on the iMac ?

Pros/Cons?

What about the performance in After Effects?

Should I wait for the Penryn-update or is it non-sense in my case?

What setup will be the best cost/value option ?

5600rpm vs. 7200
4 gb. vs. 2gb.
etc.

Regards, Søren.

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[AlexisV]

The iMac only comes with 7200RPM hard drives.

It's perfectly suited for everything you describe and is in its element editing movies.

3Gb of RAM would be the sweet spot.

The Penyrn updates in 2, 4, 32 weeks (who knows) will only bring a 2 or 3% increase in performance. They are being updated for cost reasons rather than for any real jump in performance.

 

[kwfl]

I do some after effects and avid stuff in the new 2.8 24" imac and it is awesome. I havent tried a mac pro, so i am not comparing.

 

[gothamm]

you need an octo-core mac pro with 8 gb of ram at the very least, to run it reasonably smooth. i just upgraded my mac pro to 18 gb of ram and an 8800gt card and the video lags from time to time, but still bearable.

 

[Clemovie]

Thanks

I think ill buy a 2,4GHz 24inch Imac with 4GB