Would the Mbp retina with 8 gigs of ram and 256 SSD be good for video editing? Will I get any lag or anything for that Matter? I might be getting some Portable 3.0 External Drives for the video. I'm looking for forward to some thoughts.
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I suggest you go the fastest processor and largest RAM option.
As for the internal drive, well you can stick with 256G if you wish to.
I'd just work the footage and keep scratch disk on a high-speed bus such as a Thunderbolt portable drive. Usually for large files traditional HD might be better.
Depends on what type of editor you are, on-the-go or work with existing footage.
Editing uncompressed video? Why?
Uncompressed video files are very large and bog down the system, and also require fast hard drive arrays to play back smoothly at an acceptable data rate.
Uncompressed video files are very large and bog down the system, and also require fast hard drive arrays to play back smoothly at an acceptable data rate.
Point is, SSDs can handle it.
Uncompressed video is a rare occurrence in the industry. It's mostly for super high end studios.