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01-03-2005, 11:29 PM
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| |  mac and final cut pro, possible to buy for £1000?
im looking at getting a mac and final cut,
is there certain macs built just for final cut?
i only have a budget of around £1000,
is it possible to get?
thanks
-lee
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01-09-2005, 02:39 PM
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you really cant swing a kickin ass system and final cut with only 1000 dollars, i beleive. save a thuosand more, and you will be able to buy yourself a really good iMac and final cut.
and you could buy an emac. but you dont want to, trust me.
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01-20-2005, 06:11 PM
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You can just about do it. FCPHD cost £699 and a brand new Mac min cost £339 so a total of £1,038 will get it for you, if you can stretch the extra £38 that is 
However, if you go this rout, you should get 1 gig of RAM.
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01-22-2005, 04:20 AM
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dont those man mini have like crap for power though?
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04-01-2005, 11:24 PM
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04-02-2005, 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Gwenny The Vegie don't those man mini have like crap for power though? | they're pretty much the equivalent of the mac iBooks. Not great, but definitely useable. And cheap.
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AMD Athlon 1700 (@2200mhz from 1466 sod the noise!) - 768mb pc3200 - 200GB Maxtor - Pioneer 106 - GF4 Ti4200 - twinhan/visionplus pci dvb-t - random pci analogue tv tuner - A7v600-x (to replace the a7n8x-d that died...) - random 17\" CRT
Sony STR-DE425 & Eltax c205s;
xBox w/20GB HDD- executer 2.3b;
xBox - standard;
Konica/Minolta dimage z10 w/2x512mb SD;
iRiver h340;
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04-02-2005, 01:04 PM
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i've tried final cut pro on an ibook and though it is possible i wouldn't suggest it for projects over 30 secs. to render 20 mins of video it estimated 6 hours, final cut pro is awsome though and if i could afford to get it and a dual g5 powermac i'd be in heaven.
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04-02-2005, 02:51 PM
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Did the iBook have the default 256MB though? Slam some more ram in, and they're noticeably quicker.
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AMD Athlon 1700 (@2200mhz from 1466 sod the noise!) - 768mb pc3200 - 200GB Maxtor - Pioneer 106 - GF4 Ti4200 - twinhan/visionplus pci dvb-t - random pci analogue tv tuner - A7v600-x (to replace the a7n8x-d that died...) - random 17\" CRT
Sony STR-DE425 & Eltax c205s;
xBox w/20GB HDD- executer 2.3b;
xBox - standard;
Konica/Minolta dimage z10 w/2x512mb SD;
iRiver h340;
A silly amount of Cat-5 and usb cables |
04-02-2005, 09:13 PM
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it had an extra 512 mb of ram, so 768mb in total which should be enough.
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04-02-2005, 09:18 PM
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eek, fair enough.
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AMD Athlon 1700 (@2200mhz from 1466 sod the noise!) - 768mb pc3200 - 200GB Maxtor - Pioneer 106 - GF4 Ti4200 - twinhan/visionplus pci dvb-t - random pci analogue tv tuner - A7v600-x (to replace the a7n8x-d that died...) - random 17\" CRT
Sony STR-DE425 & Eltax c205s;
xBox w/20GB HDD- executer 2.3b;
xBox - standard;
Konica/Minolta dimage z10 w/2x512mb SD;
iRiver h340;
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