Apple Mac Lovers

[burnwood]

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fossen, if you need help with integratinga mac let me know, either by PM or create a new thread. I could definately help you out. It's not difficult at all.

What would be helpful is if you can list the devices it will be connected to and the model numbers.

[Heelfan71]

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Switching to mac was very painless for me.

* turned it on and it found an connected to my network immediately
* plugged in printer and it worked instantly (no drivers no re-booting)

There was a slight learning curve learning all the basics, but after 2-3 days I was pretty comfortable. Now, I don't like using my windows cpu at all.

[fishepa]

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You guys that have Macbooks, how is the 13" screen? It would seem to small for me, I would like the 15" screen better, but I don't want to pay $2000 for the Macbook Pro.

[CMH]

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I need to buy a mac because it's the best way for me to work on films and use Final Cut Pro.

I'm going to get Final Cut Studio Academic which has a great discount for students.

I'm going to be safe and get a 17-inch glossy 2.4 Ghz MacBookPro. 160GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm.

I figure that should be more than enough to run video on Final Cut Pro and get the most reliable speed and image. But if anyone has good reason to tell me why I could even go with less then please let me know. I don't need to purchase too much power if I don't need it.

Also, does anyone know what card reader I should purchase so I could place a P2 Memory Card into my MacBookPro? Would have been nice if Apple still included the slots but that went with the G4's demise.

[dagger55]

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You guys that have Macbooks, how is the 13" screen? It would seem to small for me, I would like the 15" screen better, but I don't want to pay $2000 for the Macbook Pro.

i have some friends with the macbook. I really like the 15 inch better too. A couple other differences:
the keyboard is totally different, and I can type much faster on the pro keyboard. Also, the pro keyboard is backlit, which is really helpful in low light situation. Go to the Apple store at the summit and play with them!

[AuburnAlumni]

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i have some friends with the macbook. I really like the 15 inch better too. A couple other differences:
the keyboard is totally different, and I can type much faster on the pro keyboard. Also, the pro keyboard is backlit, which is really helpful in low light situation. Go to the Apple store at the summit and play with them!

Is the Apple Store at the Summit already open? When did this happen?

[CMH]

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Gloss vs. Matte.

Still can't decide. Any takers?

[Pared]

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Gloss. Matte wears down and ends up looking cheap after some time.

[dagger55]

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Is the Apple Store at the Summit already open? When did this happen?

its been open for at least a month or two now...

[CMH]

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Gloss. Matte wears down and ends up looking cheap after some time.

Then I'll go with Gloss. Thanks.

[Rodster]

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Gloss. Matte wears down and ends up looking cheap after some time.

I've never heard that before cause all of my flat panels look as good as the day I got them. My 4 yr old 17" Viewsonic still looks incredible with no dead pixels.

I do prefer Gloss over Matte finish unless it's a super high res IBM Thinkpad T60 screen and the matte finish looks stunning.

[GenoG]

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My wife and I are a mac family. I converted her a few years ago, and we have an iBook, and a powerbook. We also have 2 mini's and a nano. Our 10 week old is soon going to get one of our iPods/dock stereo for his room... Yeah I typed that correctly, start em young!

[Pared]

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I've never heard that before cause all of my flat panels look as good as the day I got them. My 4 yr old 17" Viewsonic still looks incredible with no dead pixels.

I do prefer Gloss over Matte finish unless it's a super high res IBM Thinkpad T60 screen and the matte finish looks stunning.

The matte iBooks are just terrible after a while. I can't speak for all matte finishes but solely for the iBook.

I'm not sure why you'd compare your flat panel monitor....?

[bukktown]

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I need to buy a mac because it's the best way for me to work on films and use Final Cut Pro.

I'm going to get Final Cut Studio Academic which has a great discount for students.

I'm going to be safe and get a 17-inch glossy 2.4 Ghz MacBookPro. 160GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm.

I figure that should be more than enough to run video on Final Cut Pro and get the most reliable speed and image. But if anyone has good reason to tell me why I could even go with less then please let me know. I don't need to purchase too much power if I don't need it.

Also, does anyone know what card reader I should purchase so I could place a P2 Memory Card into my MacBookPro? Would have been nice if Apple still included the slots but that went with the G4's demise.

I run FCP on my G4 powerbook. 1 Ghz processor speed. 512 mb RAM. It gets the job done but it takes too long to export IMO. If you are going to use a lot of effects and filters than don't get anything less than what you stated, and 1gig RAM minimum, 2 is more like it. I have all my video files on an external firewire drive. I imagine you would do the same thing. So you could go with less internal hard drive space. 80gig maybe.

[CMH]

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I run FCP on my G4 powerbook. 1 Ghz processor speed. 512 mb RAM. It gets the job done but it takes too long to export IMO. If you are going to use a lot of effects and filters than don't get anything less than what you stated, and 1gig RAM minimum, 2 is more like it. I have all my video files on an external firewire drive. I imagine you would do the same thing. So you could go with less internal hard drive space. 80gig maybe.

I went with the setup I mentioned but upped the drive to 7200 rpm.

I didn't get any extra hard drive space. Just what came with it. I think it was 100 or something like that.

Like you said, I'm running everything through an external hard drive. I'll likely use the internal hard drive space for my iPod music.

Either way, it put a dent on an empty wallet. My career move is a Catch-22. I want to get into film production (to finance a directing career) but it costs money to get the programs and equipment I need to start the career right. Unfortunately, I don't even have money. So, you can pray for me. I'd take it.