You don't need to have all the daft rainbow keys when you're working with a Mac, mine's a G5 and has a plain white keyboard. Plus you don't need to learn all the key features anyway as everything that can be done by learning shortcuts can be done with a click of the mouse.
The Final Cut Pro I have isn't specifically for HD, I've only used it in the past with mini-DV. We all have different responses to different systems, as long as you can find one you work easily with you're halfway home.
Steve (cameraman and editor with all the trimmings), email me at:
stephentday@yahoo.com
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Mr Samsung I must agree I like PC.
I own (why I have no idea) an avid but I prefer my PC which I built specifically for editing. I down-load to PC using a JVC SRVS 30 EK whilst my PC uses an AMD Athlon 64 4000 Socket 939 chip and board, 4 gig of Branded IBM memory and to keep things bubling a GeForce 6800 256mb graphics card. Rather than use mad bonkers mega big HDs which XP continually like to scroll through I use a fixed 80 gig western with XP pro on it (and no other programs at all) and then a pair of caddies as slaves of 80 gig. The good thing about the caddy system is I can keep the HD as well as the tape but you do end up with protective boxes full of HDs. You may laugh but I edit using Liquid Chrome which I admit is heavy to learn but wow will it mutli layer if you want to baffle the viewers. Now I know XP is only 32 bit but the 64 system gives it more width which really helps when building to output but you Mac boys already have 64 bit.
I did once consider a G4 and had a demo but it BIT me bad. I also read that G4/5s are for the hardcore anoraks who love gismos and gads. Then I considered software for the G4 and found a bloke in Poland on a Friday afternoon during a blue moon doing stuff for it. The lack of anything for Mac compared to stuff on PC kept me on the path to righteousness.
OK I?m off to bark
Bill (BXD)
I own (why I have no idea) an avid but I prefer my PC which I built specifically for editing. I down-load to PC using a JVC SRVS 30 EK whilst my PC uses an AMD Athlon 64 4000 Socket 939 chip and board, 4 gig of Branded IBM memory and to keep things bubling a GeForce 6800 256mb graphics card. Rather than use mad bonkers mega big HDs which XP continually like to scroll through I use a fixed 80 gig western with XP pro on it (and no other programs at all) and then a pair of caddies as slaves of 80 gig. The good thing about the caddy system is I can keep the HD as well as the tape but you do end up with protective boxes full of HDs. You may laugh but I edit using Liquid Chrome which I admit is heavy to learn but wow will it mutli layer if you want to baffle the viewers. Now I know XP is only 32 bit but the 64 system gives it more width which really helps when building to output but you Mac boys already have 64 bit.
I did once consider a G4 and had a demo but it BIT me bad. I also read that G4/5s are for the hardcore anoraks who love gismos and gads. Then I considered software for the G4 and found a bloke in Poland on a Friday afternoon during a blue moon doing stuff for it. The lack of anything for Mac compared to stuff on PC kept me on the path to righteousness.
OK I?m off to bark
Bill (BXD)