Hi,
I have been to B&H, sweet water, mac mall, and their systems are all set up "about the same"
for around $3299.00.
I am starting film school in June and I want to get a Mac Pro because I believe they have a longer life span than their counterparts for editing. I will be shooting SD and HDV. I currently use an HV30.
What I think I need:
320gb stock drive, 1TB drive, 1 super drive, 8GB ram, 22in Monitor (I have heard that the Dell IPS 2209WA is the way to go since Apple decided to gloss up everything) nVIDEA gforce 512mb of cache.
I have FCP5, will that work with Leopard? Should I go with an academic version of FCS? I have heard you can upgrade the ADVs of FCP, yes?
My budget for the system is about $3500.00 give or take $200.00
Any insight is well appreciated!
Thanks,
Steve