Video editing with USB2 drives??

[Ifti]

I'm considering selling my MacBook Pro (spec in sig) and my iPad 2 to buy a MacBook Air, which would cover my needs in one unit rather then two.

The only gripe I have is the lack of FireWire on the MacBook Air.

At the moment I create videos using iMovie, and all my projects and events are stored, and accessed, from my external FireWire800 drives connected to my MacBook Pro. I also daisy chain my FireWire drives, and it all works nicely.

The lack of FireWire port on the Air would mean I have to use USB instead.
Would the above editing with imovie work well over USB?

Alternatively are there any thunderbolt to FireWire800 adapters I could use?

If not I'll stick to what I already have as it all works great.

 

[Ifti]

Hmmm, I guess I could use something like the thunderbolt hub....

http://www.macgasm.net/2012/01/09/belkin-announces-thunderbolt-hub/

Although that's way too expensive. Will wait for prices to fall, so looks like my trust MBP and iPad are sticking with me for now!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

USB 2.0 is okay for video editing, if you don't expect much and can live with lags. I once edited DV footage (3.5 MB/s) via USB and it was acceptable, but if you edit HD footage (20 MB/s depending on the codec), you will experience slow downs.

As for Thunderbolt and Firewire, you could use this adapter and a Firewire 800 ExpressCard.

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Hmmm, I guess I could use something like the thunderbolt hub....

http://www.macgasm.net/2012/01/09/belkin-announces-thunderbolt-hub/

Although that's way too expensive. Will wait for prices to fall, so looks like my trust MBP and iPad are sticking with me for now!

Belkin has announced that thing a long time ago, and I like how that website has no visible date for the article and the comments, thus one does not know, when it was posted. Strange strategy and not really user friendly, but what can one expect from sites with "gasm" in their name. Porn does not need to be dated, one can see the decade quite easily three minutes in.

 

[Ifti]

Just been looking at the Apple Store online - really shouldn't have gone there! Lol

Now I want a MacBook Air and the Apple Thunderbolt Display, which has the hub built in