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Purchase final cut pro for mac12/21/2023 ![]() I don’t have much experience with the desktop Pros of that era, so not sure how to judge the risk.ģ. So I’ve seen the MBP holding up so far, and I feel like I can get at least 2-3 years out of my $470. I know the laptop I’m considering above is also from 2012, but I have friends who still use that model for Photoshop, animation, and other visual software. – Also, how much lifespan is left in something this old? For instance, the ~2012 Pro towers. – If I go this route, which models / specs should I look for? Maybe an old Mac Pro, Mac Mini, or even iMac? Hadn’t thought of these until I started reading some here, and I don’t know much about them. – If anybody is using a similar setup for FCPX 10.4.7, how well does it hold up?Ģ. Purchasing a friend’s used mid-2012 MacBook Pro 13” non-Retina ($150), maxing it out to 16GB RAM ($80), getting an SSD ($140 / 480GB Extreme Pro 6G), and replacing the battery (~$100) = $470 total Here are the options I’m considering, but open to suggestions-ġ. I will only be shooting simple videos, but want multicam editing, so iMovie is out. The 2009 Nehalem-based Mac Pros add much faster memory access and hyperthreading.Hi – I’m looking for the cheapest Mac that will run FCPX. If you need that workstation form factor, keep in mind that there’s a huge difference in CPU performance between the 20 Mac Pros. ![]() Greg, if you wanted a desktop, would you consider a current iMac versus an older Mac Pro?įCPX aside, I don’t think the 2008 Mac Pro is a particularly good value anymore. What do you think about the benchmarks from last July that show the iMac as the FCPX performance champion? Out of curiosity, Steve, are there any other factors at play here, like fast storage on the 2008 Mac Pro versus internal 5400rpm storage on the MBP? “I disagree slightly with Walter about 2008 Mac Pros though, we have a 2 x 2.8 Quad Core 2008 Mac Pro and it is certainly faster in FCPX operation than our one year old Quad core Macbook Pro.” P.S I have plenty of fast external firewire drives to keep projects and material on.ħ50 GB Serial ATA-harddisk med 5400 o/min When looking for a new machine for FCPX is there an advantage to buying a new mac or am I better to spend my money on a second hand easily upgradable mac pro and a lot of extra ram ? how much do things like processor speed play in ? the specs of the three macs are bellow, I am in Norway so the prices are probably a lot higher than in other contrys I work with documentary and spend a lot of time traveling but I do most of my editing when I get home, so I have to have a lap top, but I can just about make do with one I have for backing up and reviewing material in the field as long as I can edit efficiently when I get home, that said the thought of having an decent lap top in the field is also tempting. I am looking at two options, either get a new 13 inch mac book pro with some extra ram $2476 or buy a second hand Mac Pro desktop from 2008 $1646 I can then use the money I save to upgrade with lots of extra ram. Hi I have making the switch from FCP7 to FCPX and going a bit mental on my old mac book pro so I am thinking of getting a new machine, only problem is I am broke □
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