I plan on doing HD video editing in 1080p. Im tryna keep my budget under $1300 and Apple just released the Sandybridge for 2011 in the 13" Macbook Pro. Then I have the opprotunity to buy a mid 2010 15" Macbook Pro i5 so which should I get ? Which would be faster ? Also can they both handle FCP, AVID ? I hear the 13" cant handle FCP is this true ? Let me know. Thanks
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Should I get a 2010 15" Macbook Pro i5 or 2011 13" Macbook Pro i5 for video editing ?
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Hmm it might be about the screen resolution as well, not only the speed...
I will go for the 15" one =)
I will go for the 15" one =)
I am trying to decide the same thing but leaning more and more towards the 13". Faster and more portable. An external monitor is necessary anyway so will have that extra screen real estate when at the desk.
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The 13" certainly supports FCP, just that the video card might hinder certain rendering elements. But for quick edits, the 13" can do fine.
It supports and handles all four of those perfectly fine. The base 13" model has a faster processor than every configuration of the previous mid-2010 MBP's except for one model(2.8 GHz), and the high-end 13" is faster than every mid-2010 MBP(processor wise)
The video card is faster than a 9400M which handles those programs perfectly fine. You can run all of those on a Core 2 Duo with a 9400M which is significantly weaker than the current 13" MBP.
Editing on a 1280x800 glass-covered display will be painful, whereas the 15" antiglare high-res on the 15" is one of the best screens for video editing and color correction on a notebook.
Even if you don't spring for that display, anything is better than 1280x800.
Even if you don't spring for that display, anything is better than 1280x800.
Anyone who thinks they're going to be color calibrating on a TN display is going to in for a rude surprise regardless of whether the screen is matte or glossy. I say go for your preference on the display on the notebook because any serious professional color work should be done on either an external IPS monitor or an NTSC TV(depending on your work). Even then color calibrating for video can only take you so far because the client will likely be watching your content on a completely different screen. For print, you shouldn't be looking at your laptop display either but that's a whole other story.
Go for the 15" one. The bigger screen is good to have when doing some "real" work. For text editing the smaller one had done the job
2010 15" for sure. Why?
- Screen
- Far better GPU
- Similar CPU
- Screen
I realise I wrote screen twice, but it is just going to be so much better. You don't want a glossy screen, you want a high resolution matte screen. And the graphics card will likely provide a huge boost in some current and most future software.
- Screen
- Far better GPU
- Similar CPU
- Screen
I realise I wrote screen twice, but it is just going to be so much better. You don't want a glossy screen, you want a high resolution matte screen. And the graphics card will likely provide a huge boost in some current and most future software.
That depends. Do you make money with the HD video editing and/or would like to save some rendering time (a minute or two on a one hour render)?
do keep in mind the i7 has a different memory controller granting speeds twice as fast compared to the i5
Very little. Also it is pretty hard to give an answer because rendering can happen from anywhere to 1 second to 1 week depending on the project and complexity. At best the cpu is only 5% faster when you look at the clock speed. A cpu is not a miracle worker. If it is clocked 5% higher it isn't going to magically run 20% faster. Given similar cpu architectures of course. So this means at best your render time could be 5% faster. That means a 60 minute render would take 57 minutes. Not a lot if you ask me. That is also assuming it will be 5% faster. Some applications may be close to 5% while others may only be 2% faster.
Honestly you would be better off using that extra $200.00 towards an external raid storage system or ram which will help you out a lot more for editing then the sliver of a cpu bump.
Honestly you would be better off using that extra $200.00 towards an external raid storage system or ram which will help you out a lot more for editing then the sliver of a cpu bump.
Hope this helps I have the base 13 inch i5 MBP
I use this with my Contour 1080HD and photography too.
My set up is The base 13inch i5 MBP and a 1TB gig rugged external hard drive
and a Samsung 2333 HD Samsung SyncMaster TV/monitor
All i do is load up my pictures or videos on location and then hook it up to
the Samsung TV/Monitor when home to do the editing.
All the above came to £ 1,350.00p pounds sterling and makes the equipment
more usable.
Like the guy in the Apple store said if I was looking to buy a 2010 model
before the upgraded 2011 models, i would have had to buy the 15 inch model
but has the newer models are much faster i only need the 13 inch base model.
I use this with my Contour 1080HD and photography too.
My set up is The base 13inch i5 MBP and a 1TB gig rugged external hard drive
and a Samsung 2333 HD Samsung SyncMaster TV/monitor
All i do is load up my pictures or videos on location and then hook it up to
the Samsung TV/Monitor when home to do the editing.
All the above came to £ 1,350.00p pounds sterling and makes the equipment
more usable.
Like the guy in the Apple store said if I was looking to buy a 2010 model
before the upgraded 2011 models, i would have had to buy the 15 inch model
but has the newer models are much faster i only need the 13 inch base model.