Can I Happily Run FCP On The New $500 IMAC??

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http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0412expo2.html

"The new Mac, code-named Q88, will be part of the iMac family and is
expected to sport a PowerPC G4 processor at a speed around 1.25GHz..."

"Along with lowering costs by forgoing a display (Apple's entry-level
eMac sells for $799 with a built-in 17-inch CRT display), the so-called
"headless" iMac will allow Apple's target audience..... Sources expect
the device to feature both DVI and VGA connectivity, although whether
this will be provided through dual ports or through a single DVI port
with a VGA adapter remains to be seen.

The new Mac is expected to have a Combo drive only, but will possibly
have an upgrade path to a SuperDrive at a higher price. It is unclear
how big the hard drive capacity will be, although sources indicate it
will be between 40GB and 80GB."

Other expected features of the iMac include:
256MB of RAM
USB 2.0
FireWire 400
10/100 BASE-T Ethernet
56K V.92 modem
AirPort Extreme support



What do you guys think?



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Da Choppa wrote:
> http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0412expo2.html
>
> "The new Mac, code-named Q88, will be part of the iMac family and is
> expected to sport a PowerPC G4 processor at a speed around 1.25GHz..."
>
> "Along with lowering costs by forgoing a display (Apple's entry-level
> eMac sells for $799 with a built-in 17-inch CRT display), the so-called
> "headless" iMac will allow Apple's target audience..... Sources expect
> the device to feature both DVI and VGA connectivity, although whether
> this will be provided through dual ports or through a single DVI port
> with a VGA adapter remains to be seen.
>
> The new Mac is expected to have a Combo drive only, but will possibly
> have an upgrade path to a SuperDrive at a higher price. It is unclear
> how big the hard drive capacity will be, although sources indicate it
> will be between 40GB and 80GB."
>
> Other expected features of the iMac include:
> 256MB of RAM
> USB 2.0
> FireWire 400
> 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet
> 56K V.92 modem
> AirPort Extreme support
>
>
>
> What do you guys think?
>
>
>
> STRATEGY
>

no reason why it will not run fcp, just needs more memory

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yeah, but can I *happily* use it?



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Da Choppa wrote:
> yeah, but can I *happily* use it?
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> STRATEGY
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can anyone happily use fcp

I run it on a 1GHZ G4 and its usable, if very buggy

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In article <3412flF458trqU1@individual.net>,
TheMartian <me@privacy.net> wrote:

> Da Choppa wrote:
> > yeah, but can I *happily* use it?
> >
> >
> >
> > STRATEGY
> >
>
> can anyone happily use fcp
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> I run it on a 1GHZ G4 and its usable, if very buggy
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As I posted on another board today, I was at the local FCP users group
meeting last night and the meeting was packed - primarily with corporate
and industrial guys who have successfully migrated to FCP from AVIDs and
Discrete Systems.

Attendees included major public utility media departments, local and
state government editors, and even municipal cable TV outlets.

Everyone was really jazzed - showed completed work and discussed work
flow issues.

Overall tone was very positive.

For what it's worth.

 

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Well, depends, different people have different experiences of FCP, but
I've been perfectly happily with it 450Mhz G4, and even been productive
on a 500Mhz G3 iBook. Rebndeer tiems are slow, and I wasn'ty trying on
anything tougher than PAL DV25.

It should be fine on any new Mac

Dylan