Re: AVID vs Final Cut Pro


"Mr. Tapeguy" <mr.tapeguy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Whatever Tapeguy.. Your preoccupation with Nappy is kinda sick.

Flattery will get you nowhere but honestly, I would ignore you entirely
if not to stop the spread of misinformation. I am preoccupied with
that.

There is a difference of opinion
on what gives you the most for the money. Apple hardware, while it has
come down in price, is basically (except for the video card) ready to
go when you get it out of the box.

As are PCs. This is typical Apple sales hype.

Maybe they are at Radio Shack but not everywhere. The point is that
PC's vary widely, especially when they are custom built. You can't buy
a cheap Dell and run an Avid on it. That's why NLE manufacturers have
specifications for systems which can run their software. SOME PC's
may be ready to go out of the box. Others aren't. There are a bunch
of different box manufacturers and component manufacturers and a lot of
people choose to build their own PC or have one custom-built. Very few
people build their own Macs and that's pretty much relegated to the
OSX86 project.


PC's can be built for NLE use for
less money if that's they way you prefer to go but with the additional
options you also have the additional conflicts that come with the
variables and of course, all that fun stuff that goes with Windows.

This is typical Apple sales hype. And pure BS. Sounds like this guy has
never even been near a PC.

Wrong. I have been near PC's and use them nearly every day. I am
responsible for writing the check for IT, anti-virus software and other
things that computers need. The Windows operating systems has more
issues that OS X does and there are more conflicts related to using
different chips, motherboards, peripherals and other components with
PC's. It's a documented fact and you can deny it all you want. There
are plenty of good reasons to use a PC - fewer issues with Windows
isn't one of them.


FWIW.. there are MANY turnkey manufacturers of PC hardware just for
editing.

but most ANY PC will allow you to run a NLE with no tweaks to anything.

Don't buy that bull.

That is absolute nonsense. Maybe your $399 Dell will run Pinnacle
Studio but it won't run Avid Xpress Pro HD. "The turnkey manfacturers
of PC hardware just for editing" means that they ARE CUSTOM-CONFIGURED
FOR EDITING, see?


Both Avid and Final Cut Studio run on a Mac. FCS is Mac only.

It's also important to note that within Final Cut Studio is Final Cut
Pro, Live Type, Compressor, DVD Studio Pro, Motion and Soundtrack Pro.
They are designed to work within OS X Tiger and the OS, hardware and
software are all from the same company which means they are designed to
work together. No finger pointing!

As are application bundles on the PC.

Good. Perhaps if you name some specifically and how they compare in
functionality to FCS it might be of some use for the OP. That works
much better than "me too."


At any rate, read the articles referenced above and ask questions on
the FCP list - Patrick is a great resource. Ask questions on the list
and lots of people will give you answers.

We can also provide input from the sytems engineers we work with from
both Avid and Apple if that would be helpful.

sales pitch.

Technical resources first. Sales pitch next. Important to note: we
sell Mac and PC-based system. The customer ultimately chooses based on
resources provided and research he does on his own. Yeah, we sell
stuff. Radio Shack does too. Good for us.

Craig

http://www.pro-tape.com

Adobe - Apple - Avid - Canon - Denon - Digidesign - JVC - Marantz -
Panasonic - Sony

I think there's some confusion here. If I were buying an FCP system to edit
a series on a tight deadline I'd be looking at a reasonable spec machine and
for that I'd expect to spend some serious money.
To compare that to a $399 PC is nonsense. If I was specing a PC to use as a
nonlinear edit suite I'd be looking at an HP or similar probably an xw8200
or some such. It would work out of the box to do exactly what I need it to
do after the avid software is installed. A 15 min job. If the system is
standalone (ie not internet connected) then there is nothing else to be
done. It will just work for years on end with little maintenance. Not a
cheap machine to buy but similar to a similar spec'd Mac (maybe even less
than)
If it's to be on the internet then assuming the dealer hadn't bundled AV
software I'd buy that, $30, and install that. I may also install windows bit
defender just to be safe. Then regularly run the windows update and your
good to go.
True if you buy budget, custom build, cheap machines you may end up doing
leg work to get everything running smooth. you may even get a combination
that never really works well. But only a lunatic would do that for a serious
project and they would deserve all the issues they got.
The computer and software are like any other tool you buy to do a job. Only
as good as the money you spend on them.
With Macs you can only really buy quality products (although there have been
some dogs produced) where as PC's are supplied to a much broader market. But
for NLE you'd stick near the top and you'd be trouble free.


.

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