Is a MBP comparable to a Mac Pro? Or is the MBP no competition

[natteaap]

I have both for the same reason (FCP), and the desktop definately beats the laptop in overall performance/horsepower. I had a Macbook, and was thinking that if I switched to a MBP, I might be able to let my macpro go; but now that I switched from the MB to the MBP, that's not really the case. The desktop is definitely beefier.

Thanx for your input Sonicjay,

but that is just my problem. My Macpro is no quadcore, it's a dualcore. You have 8 cores, I have 4 cores. If I had waited three months they would have 8 cores standard, cause they upgraded it three months after I bought my MacPro. I never forgive Apple for that. I tried to go back, but you know the outcome ;o)

But I digress. Since it is no quadcore, I thought maybe that a MBP would be faster. But I guess, you have all gave me some good answers.

cheers

 

[natteaap]

I run Final Cut Studio 2 on my MBP and it seems fine. You probably already know though that it'd be best to use an external FW800 drive or an eSATA drive, preferably raid 0 or raid 0+1 if you're feeling really flush, for a scratch disk because you'll struggle on the internal 5400rpm jobs that come as standard, unless you just use it for offline RT and sync with your Mac Pro.

Max RAM in an MBP is 4GB, but that's the recommended amount for FCS2 for HD video editing so that should do you.

Indeed I would mainly use it to do offline Editing, but if it would be my main machine, I would be doing everything alse as well, final editing and the works.

Thanx