Tom Brooks
COW member since June 7th 2004 from Kalamazoo Read My COW Blog
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System Details: Final Cut Studio2 6.0.4, QT 7.5,G5 Quad 2.5, Kona-LHe 5.1, 4.5GB RAM, Nvidia GeFore 7800-GT, G-RAID 1TB FW800 x2, OS 10.4.11. Reference monitors are a SD Sony PVM and a Panasonic TH37PH9UK plasma alternately fed by the component output of the Kona. 6TB RAID-5 built from an EnhanceBox E8-ML, Seagate 750GB Barracuda SATA drives, Highpoint 2322, and Highpoint Mini-SAS to Multilane cables.
Hobbies and Interests: Fishing, exploring, drawing, cycling, fixing things.
Re: first time mac buyer- specs advice needed by Tom Brooks on Oct 5, 2008 at 9:26:55 am in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Never having used a FC Express system, I can only give general advice. See the post below about iMac and FC. The system meets minimum requirements and seems fine except a bit shy on the RAM. I'd go for...