[G4] New system...

sr ferenczy srf7425 at rit.edu
Fri Nov 7 15:31:14 PST 2003


we are all miniDV with canon GL1's and XL1's. edit with final cut pro, 
DVSP for some output, web/multimedia output (non-DVD) we use cleaner.

the methods are already tried and true, its the hardware that we are 
looking to upgrade.

sandor

	(oh. and i am "serious", this is my occupation, after all)


On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 05:28  PM, baggins wrote:

> if you are buying a real video system it's not just the g4/g5 and 
> software
> but also the capture device and what medium you are using.
> i use g4 with firewire at home but at the office we have g4 and 
> pinicale
> for capture of beta cam sp and firewire dv cam .
> but we are getting new g5 beta digital and raid drive with a new type 
> of
> capture card that i have not been told about yet.
> so you see it is determined on how serious you want to get as to what 
> to
> buy..
>
>
> mike
>
> on 8/11/03 5:55 AM, FERENCZY at srf7425 at osfmail.isc.rit.edu wrote:
>
>> Good points, i am just starting "beta testing" panther for our use, 
>> and
>> havent had any problems yet (cross your fingers). software will be 
>> FCP,
>> DVDSP, QT and maybe a little Cleaner.  as long as FCP works well, that
>> will be the main brunt of work done on the system (editing and 
>> rendering
>> in FCP). everything is now run on a QS 867 w/ Jaguar, so it is os 10.2
>> approved...
>>
>>
>> sandor
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Wilkin, Wayne (Mass) wrote:
>>
>>> Who are you buying it from? 3rd party or Apple. The reason I am 
>>> asking is
>>> that if you are buying from Apple then you should know this. Any G5s 
>>> that
>>> Apples ships will have Panther on it. Will your video stuff work in 
>>> Panther.
>>> Also the G5 will not have Jag installers with it. My 2¢.
>>>
>>>> ----------
>>>> From:  FERENCZY
>>>> Reply To:  Power Macintosh G4 List
>>>> Sent:  Friday, November 7, 2003 11:08 AM
>>>> To:  Power Macintosh G4 List
>>>> Subject:  [G4] New system...
>>>>
>>>> mm, just got the news from my boss that a new video editing machine 
>>>> is
>>>> coming my way-now here is the dilemma--G4 or G5?? of course part of 
>>>> the
>>>> choice will depend on my total budget for the purchase, bust i 
>>>> thought i
>>>> would like to hear others opinions. (personally i am definitely 
>>>> leaning
>>>> towards the dual G5) but if that price wont fly, would a dual G4 out
>>>> perform the single G5's in a price/performance arena??  it will all 
>>>> be
>>>> used for editing both DV and MPEG2 content, and output to both DVD 
>>>> and
>>>> web/presentation.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> thanks for the help
>>>>
>>>> sandor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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