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Is The MacBook Pro Enough Strong To Run Final Cut Studio And Logic?
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Um...how is "it depends?"
You will benefit enormously in performance if you get a Mac Pro, but you won't be able to move it. If you really need something that's portable, pick the MBP. Simple as that.
If I were you though, I would definitely choose the Mac Pro. It will be truly lightning fast.
You will benefit enormously in performance if you get a Mac Pro, but you won't be able to move it. If you really need something that's portable, pick the MBP. Simple as that.
If I were you though, I would definitely choose the Mac Pro. It will be truly lightning fast.
Like Metuas said, it depends on your situation.
Personally I am a student filmmaker in college, I couldn't afford to take two lower end computers with me, I need the mobility and power so I settled with a MBP and can't be any happier.
It runs FCE (granted not Pro, but besides the extra programs i don't know the difference) without a hitch, though rendering with 32 gigs of RAM and two 3.2GHz quad cores may prove to be slightly faster
In my old high school we had two old G4 towers running an older version of FCP, it worked fine but the lack of RAM and slower processor made rendering and exporting projects slow.
So to answer your question, yes it should be strong enough to work.
Personally I am a student filmmaker in college, I couldn't afford to take two lower end computers with me, I need the mobility and power so I settled with a MBP and can't be any happier.
It runs FCE (granted not Pro, but besides the extra programs i don't know the difference) without a hitch, though rendering with 32 gigs of RAM and two 3.2GHz quad cores may prove to be slightly faster
In my old high school we had two old G4 towers running an older version of FCP, it worked fine but the lack of RAM and slower processor made rendering and exporting projects slow.
So to answer your question, yes it should be strong enough to work.
A lot of professionals take MBPs to shoots and use them as mobile workstations. Of course they also have Mac Pro setups in the office but yeah, MBPs work without a hitch. Just get a good FW or eSATA external HDD as your scratch disk and you'll be fine.
So yeah, the MBP is plenty strong. Figure out if you want portability or sheer power. If portability is any of your concerns, the MBP strikes a pretty nice balance between the two.
So yeah, the MBP is plenty strong. Figure out if you want portability or sheer power. If portability is any of your concerns, the MBP strikes a pretty nice balance between the two.
Ditto that scratch disk part. You need to make sure you get a FW800 drive if you decide on a MBP.
If you look at the system requirements, I think you'll find this is really a silly question.
Of course it can run it well.
The MacBook Pro runs over twice as fast as the fastest (consumer) computers you'd have found three or so years ago.. computers have come a long way in a relatively short time (even for computing years).
Of course it can run it well.
The MacBook Pro runs over twice as fast as the fastest (consumer) computers you'd have found three or so years ago.. computers have come a long way in a relatively short time (even for computing years).
FCP on MacBookPro
Go see ProjectPedal.com.
He's doing it all with FCP on a MacBook Pro, including image stabilization.
Although, I did suggest using an extra fan when doing extended image manipulation and rendering. Nobody wants to cook their computer!
Go see ProjectPedal.com.
He's doing it all with FCP on a MacBook Pro, including image stabilization.
Although, I did suggest using an extra fan when doing extended image manipulation and rendering. Nobody wants to cook their computer!
External HDD
Get a Firewire external hard drive, at least 300 GigaBytes. Put your video project files on it, and your keep the Final Cut programs on your computer's HD. That will speed things up, since each drive has separate tasks and would be constantly shifting the head back and forth if they were on the same drive.
This also makes it easy to move your project to another computer.
If you need back-up, check out Mozy on the internet. $5.00/mo.
Get a Firewire external hard drive, at least 300 GigaBytes. Put your video project files on it, and your keep the Final Cut programs on your computer's HD. That will speed things up, since each drive has separate tasks and would be constantly shifting the head back and forth if they were on the same drive.
This also makes it easy to move your project to another computer.
If you need back-up, check out Mozy on the internet. $5.00/mo.