Re: imac/media composer/mojo/storage

Thanks for this advice! great answer. It is what I thought people would say.. however! isn't a Macbook Pro spec'd more closely to an Imac than Mac Pro? Save the expansion card slot, which I suppose is what you need for the drives. One e-sata slot on that Imac, and things would be alot different.

Also, I just started a job where I am editing on the company's suites, old G5 Dual 2.0 w/Xpress Pro 4.6, 1 GB ram. Not very snappy.. So, decided to bring in my 2.2 GHZ Macbook Pro, 4 GB Ram w/ Media Composer 2.8 on LEOPARD w/Lacie FW 800 drive! Since the MBP is not my main system, I'm willing to take a little risk running the alternate Leopard configuration. Turns out it works perfectly, no issues at all. I even attached the Mojo for fun and that works too. Not bad for a computer and OS that are not supported. In case anyone was curious.

Also, I've never really had a preference for Avid or FCP, like driving different cars takes time to adjust, but will get you to the same place in the end. But this time after 8 months on FCP, now over to MC 2.8, I really miss FCP. Less keystrokes, everything I need to do seems closer at hand on FCP. Especially not having to switch modes every 2 seconds appeals to me, FCP seems to do it automatically. It will be interesting to see how I feel next time I have to switch back after months on Avid. It would be cool to hear how other people feel about this, any takers? Heres another one, has anyone used to new Media 100 versions? I used to cut on Media 100 and had a love/hate relationship with it. But now that it has more than one video track it would be interesting to see how it stands up. Thanks for your thoughts!

Happy Cutting!
Ken W