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TheGamingGeneral

TheGamingGeneral

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Hello, I had a trip into the apple store in glasgow the other day, been looking on apples site for quite some time and am really set on getting one now.

I, initially planned to get a MBP 13'' however, am not so sure it has enough power, so was looking at the 15s, yet, doing that, av came across a lot of friction over its supposed poor rez, atleast when you compare it to its big brother. And before you know it, we are approaching £2k for a laptop and havent even glanced at the software.

I really want to get into editing, am looking around at some nice HD cameras, its a hobby I have always had but never really had the cash to back up. From what I understand, macs, are just so much better for that sort of thing. Yet the more people I talk to, am told a mbp wont be enough, I would need to look into an actual mac pro. Which, again, once you add on the screen and software is getting pretty damn pricey aswell.

Am not exactly looking to pull of speilberg rivaling movies here, just some sleek looking productions for my own amusement (and the girlfriends, wink wink), what do you guys think I should be looking at?

I would prefer, a mac book pro, as I was after a windows laptop before hand.

Thanks

Martyn
 
A MacBook Pro will be sufficient for your needs. I'd check out Apple's One2One service if I were you - it's £79 for the year and you can book an unlimited number of 1hr meetings with a creative in the store. They'll teach you all you need to know about iMovie or, if you're interested, Final Cut Pro/Final Cut Pro Express. While iMovie is free, either FCP copy will cost you.
 
A MacBook Pro will be good, but you're going to need a large hard drive and preferably a backup drive for editing HD videos.

Although if you want a better screen, more speed and storage I'd go for an iMac. I use Final Cut Express on mine and edit AVCHD clips which it handles perfectly.

I'd definitely go for Final Cut Express/Pro though if you do want to get into editing seriously, iMove is OK but no where near as powerful as FC.
 
hmmm, would the 9400 suffice for that sort of work? Am fairly clued up when it comes to my hardware on the gaming front but this is an all together different kettle of fish. I can upgrade the HD and RAM later anyways (right?).

thanks gents
 
Some people on here will swear the 9400 is rubbish, personally I've got an MBP with both the 9400 and the 9600 and I've never actually needed to switch to the 9600 because of the performance of the 9400. In fact, I've only used the 9600 a handful of times.
 
You shouldn't have any problems with the 9400m on a Macbook. I have it on mine and its fine for me and the odd editing session.

Though if I were to get an iMac or something I would get one of the upgraded graphics cards that you can select on checkout. ;)
 
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