New base 13" MBP for home video editing?

[RedRaven571]

I want to get a new MBP but my budget puts me at the base 13" (2.4gHz C2D and nVidia 320M); my question is if it will be sufficient to do home video editing (iMovie 09 and FCE4).

Many of the clips I will be editing are 2 hr VHS tapes converted to video and the output will, be for 1hr DVDs; I just don't want the system to get bogged down by multiple clips, etc.

I did a search and didn't see this question, if here is a link to another thread that I missed, I apologize.

Thanks!

 

[spinnerlys]

MRoogle (my signature) will help you searching these forums.

Also the MBP and even the MB is more than sufficient to edit what you want to edit.

 

[RedRaven571]

MRoogle (my signature) will help you searching these forums.

Also the MBP and even the MB is more than sufficient to edit what you want to edit.

Hey thanks! I checked a couple threads, looking for the MRoogle link, but didn't find it (I think I just am not thinking clearly this morning).

 

[style]

The newest machines from Apple are always good enough to do video editing, even the white MacBook is not slow to a point that makes video editing too slow to use. But the question is, can you stand waiting longer to get the job done? 😉

 

[RedRaven571]

The newest machines from Apple are always good enough to do video editing, even the white MacBook is not slow to a point that makes video editing too slow to use. But the question is, can you stand waiting longer to get the job done? 😉

If it's just a question of waiting for a file to render, yes; I just don't want any stuttering in the final product.

 

[spinnerlys]

Hey thanks! I checked a couple threads, looking for the MRoogle link, but didn't find it (I think I just am not thinking clearly this morning).

The link is in my signature (and in may others) and also on the first page of the www search results via Google:
http://www.google.com/search?client...8&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=z-zSS4XmMaSjOJyOrOoN

>>> http://mroogle.*************/


And there will be no stuttering with SD footage.

 

[style]

If it's just a question of waiting for a file to render, yes; I just don't want any stuttering in the final product.

There shouldn't be any stuttering, in the end its a digital process. A faster computer can process it faster, but the quality should be the same. I wouldn't worry too much about it unless you do video editing for a living 😀

 

[RedRaven571]

Thanks for your responses; set my mind at ease......