rendering station - mini - imac - mac pro

[hotshotharry]

Just looking for some opinions on a system to render home vids, I got piles of dv tape that i need to put to disc, I was looking at a mac pro, but i am thinking it is overkill for my needs! But i will be moving up to HD before too long, so maybe the new mini (penryn) would be a good choice, I have a macbook pro right now buy i dont like puting it through intensive workouts because its gets so warm! lol besides if i can do with a mini i could use the difference to get a nice HD cam

What kind of render times would a penryn c2d be looking at for HD vid? SD vid?

thanks fo your input.

 

[bigbossbmb]

impossible to answer....

what frame size HD? what format (source and destination)? etc

I'd go with the an imac rather than a mini.

 

[Father Jack]

Go with the Mac Pro, it's more powerful, more expandable and you can get a decent monitor ...

 

[hotshotharry]

looks as though unless your going to be using fcp and compressor the mp is serious over kill

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=5278618#post5278618

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/461691/

 

[bigbossbmb]

yup! if you're springing for the pro machine, you better be using the pro software (total generalization, but applicable).