Final cut mac mini i5 vs i7

[bitpanic]

Hey Guys,

just a question I have been thinking about.... I am going to replace my old c2d mac mini with the new one that just came out and I am asking myself if the i7 will bost the perfomance of Final Cut enough to pay the extra 100€ any thoughts or ideas on this.

bitpanic

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Depends which FCP version you are talking about and what kind of footage you are going to edit.

 

[MovieCutter]

Yes, it will boost performance. Boost it $100 worth? Not likely

 

[Alucardx03]

I would recommend neither unless you absolutely cannot afford to run it on anything better.

Final Cut X in particular will use up all the resources you can throw at it. If those resources are adequate, you'll have a good experience-- quick background rendering, quick export, etc. I was running it on my top-of-the-line 2009 MBP and it was painfully slow.

Now, I'm running it on my new 27" iMac (2011, fully-loaded) and the program screams.

 

[aeaglex07]

from Apple's Final Cut page

http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/specs/

Minimum
System
Requirements
Mac computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor or better
2GB of RAM (4GB of RAM recommended)
OpenCL-capable graphics card or
Intel HD Graphics 3000 or later
256MB of VRAM
Display with 1280-by-768 resolution or higher
Mac OS X v10.6.7 or later
ProKit 7.0 or later
2.4GB of disk space


Honestly the i5 or i7 will be suitable... I would stick at least 8GB of memory in there to be on the safe side