Making the "switch"
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Dvl-Jigen
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Making the "switch"
Earlier today while I was at work, I got to talking to a co-worker about Macintosh computers.... don't know how we got to talking about Mac's, & the guy told me that they’re like many times better at video editing than a PC, so, I’m wondering what everyone else thinks. Also if anyone could give me some more info about video editing on a Mac it’d be helpful.
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BasharOfTheAges
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Macs had a good deal of superiority in, say, the 90s. As time has progressed, Macs have become more of a status symbol and a "pretty thing to look at." They're just as good (possibly better on the higher end) as any PC you could put together your self -- they just cost twice as much. If you're working with consumer-grade software, the vast majority of your choices work both on PCs and Macs. Hardware-wise, You can get an amazing system (dual 2.3Ghz processors, 4GB of RAM, a nice 30' flatscreen display, 500GB HDD) for the price of a used car ($8000+). Given the knowledge and a little time, you could build a comprable system for half that or less.
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Mr Pilkington
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This question is totally dependant upon situation. Are you editing for television or independent film? If so then yes FCP, Liquid, ext.... thats the way to go. Are you big-time? Do you spend more on your "next bit hit" than you did on you Bently? Then AVID, there is no substitute. Are you a budget minded consumer? Don't wanna spend more than a couple G on just an editing rig? Then PC is the way to go. I work with both FCP and Premiere in a professional environment (with AE on both systems 
) and can tell you that the biggest difference in the systems is: stability, output (export settings), and masking traits. All of which the mac have over the PC, though The PC for AMVing is much more suited for the popular codecs, that does not mean that its not available mac-side, just not as easy to come by. Thats said as cheep as PCs are to come by any mac user who publishes online would be a fool not to have a cheep PC on the side for minor encoding and batching.
) and can tell you that the biggest difference in the systems is: stability, output (export settings), and masking traits. All of which the mac have over the PC, though The PC for AMVing is much more suited for the popular codecs, that does not mean that its not available mac-side, just not as easy to come by. Thats said as cheep as PCs are to come by any mac user who publishes online would be a fool not to have a cheep PC on the side for minor encoding and batching.