Re: Lacie 4big Quadra eSATA + MBP 17" + AJA Io HD?

Fortunately I'm not using Color, even on my main setup—I'm doing video game trailers, and there's a pretty strong push to keep footage captured looking "as-captured," so we accurately represent the games we make. I wish I was doing work that DID let me play with Color, but it's a pretty imposing app and there's no real call for it in my current position, so.

LaCie's 4big Quadra is an eSATA device that has built-in RAID 5, so that's what I'm referring to. I've had good luck with LaCie's regular external products in the past, although I also use G-Technology stuff at work and have found it to be very nice as well. Guess I should look at some consumer reviews around the web (though those can be deceiving due to unsatisfied people being "louder").

The reason I'm "going laptop" with this is that I see this machine as eventually serving multiple people around the office. Educating producers on how to do "quick-and-dirty" capture sessions in Final Cut would free up myself (and my future assistant) to focus on larger, more intensive projects. Having a station that could "float" more easily would be great. Plus, being able to work with ProRes 422 HQ up-front would allow the machine to do full-scale projects in the interim (also a plus while we wait to move into new space in the upstairs section of our building).