The iMac uses mobile processors and Socket P. They aren't compatible with the LGA 775 Core 2 Duo/Quad processors.
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imac professional editing capabilities?
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In theory no. But that would require you to be an hardware and software expert. Not just expert, but...EXPERT (maybe there's two or three guys in the world that could do that at home
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No. The CPU is soldered to the logic board. About the only things you can internally upgrade in an iMac are the RAM and the hard drive.
Also keep in mind that you have no card expansion (not even ExpressCard) and you'll never be able to add things like eSATA drives (FW800 is the fastest external device interface you'll ever have on a current iMac). Don't get me wrong, I know a lot of people that edit consumer SD and HD codecs in FCP just fine on current iMacs, but they're pretty much a dead-end solution for expansion.
If you want room for future growth like others have been stating, look for a refurbished quad-core Mac Pro. It's a much better long term investment.
It's socketed in the iMac. The processor can be upgraded but Apple is now using special 1066 MHz mobile Penryn processors. They're on an uprated Santa Rosa platform and I don't think anyone knows how stock processors will act.
Hmmmm...I could have sworn they were soldered to the logic board like they are in the notebooks. I suppose I'm wrong.
Okay, I've been going back and forth for a few days. It looks like I have no choice, but for a mac pro. I really intend on getting serious with media in the coming year. I'll probably go refurb and get a non apple display. Later on I'll get a 2nd display, also. As far as color correction on a broadcast display, is it the HDMI connections that make it a kind of external "broadcast" final product? What I'm saying is that it mimics the same quality that would be output to any tv or whatever. This makes perfect sense, but why is the imac screen so crappy for color correction? Is it b/c of the lack of external HDMI output?
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The lack of the Apple Display will make using it under Windows a bit better also, while hacking down on the price.
As far as the iMac display being crappy for color correction, is mainly due to a piece of glass being between the screen and your meter -- any light in the room will throw off the reading as light passes between the screen and meter. And the glare the shiny screen has doesn't help either.
Apple sort of went backward there from the eMac and its glass cover, which had a bit of anti-glare coating on it.
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Plus if you need to calibrate the Apple displays under Windows, it adds a bit of another layer to the problem, when you find out how bit a pain Apple's software controlled displays can be when running Windows.
close but not quite the reason..
What is your output media going to be? broadcast? web?
it mainly has to do with final cut itself because the canvas is only a reference to your project. so if you edit in the canvas, it may look good on your screen but look way off on another. I'm still reading up on this subject but it also has to do with getting the proper video signal to a color accurate display. many people suggest going with the 23in. ACD and a Matrox MXO because it is the cheapest way to get into accurate monitoring.
Do a search in the "Digital Video" section where there are a ton of people who know more about video production.
do any body know when the final cut studio 3 will be release.