Mac Book Pro - What specs?

[Joffy]

I will be buying a Mac Book Pro, what specs do you recommend as I will be editing in 4k using Final Cut Studio 2?

Thank You!

[Jay A. Kelley]

Select best model.. Add everything... That should do it.

RAM rules

[Seung Han]

:)

How about as a reliable dump station? What laptop specs are ppl using right now and did they have any problems with something not up to par, cpu, RAM, slow drives...?

[Paul Hazlett]

order from apple and get the faster 7200 rpm hard drive. you will not be sorry.

and OWC has 4 gb of ram for a good price. I got the 2.4 HD monitor version
with the 7200 drive and it is very fast.

[Dominic Jones]

Select best model.. Add everything... That should do it.

RAM rules
Good advice! BUT:

Don't add anything you can get 3rd party (good 3rd party, that is) from Apple, or you'll get ripped off - their prices for RAM, for example, are ludicrous.

Get the best processor/graphics card spec you can afford from Apple, then buy your RAM, hard disks and other bits 'n' bobs (I'd get the Dell 24" widescreen monitors instead of the Apple displays, but others may argue differently!) from a reputable non-Apple dealer. I'd get at least 4GB of RAM, and more won't do any harm at all...

That's my 0.02.

Can't find the URL at a quick glance, but Mike (of HDforIndies fame) did a good what-to-buy-and-what-not-to-buy article for Macs - someone might be able to point yo in the right direction (Mike, for instance, if he comes across this!).

Happy shopping!...

[Javier82]

I would consider getting a Mac Pro desktop with the 8 core chip, 8 if not 16 GB RAM, More than 1 TB of storage and a 512mb video card with 2 Cinema HD monitors from Apple. That should help out Final Cut Studio 2 and 4k workflows. I currently have an Avid Xpress PRO HD rig and it works wonderfully with my current DVCPRO HD P2 cam setup.

[Paul Hazlett]

Good advice! BUT:

Don't add anything you can get 3rd party (good 3rd party, that is) from Apple, or you'll get ripped off - their prices for RAM, for example, are ludicrous.

Get the best processor/graphics card spec you can afford from Apple, then buy your RAM, hard disks and other bits 'n' bobs (I'd get the Dell 24" widescreen monitors instead of the Apple displays, but others may argue differently!) from a reputable non-Apple dealer. I'd get at least 4GB of RAM, and more won't do any harm at all...

That's my 0.02.

Can't find the URL at a quick glance, but Mike (of HDforIndies fame) did a good what-to-buy-and-what-not-to-buy article for Macs - someone might be able to point yo in the right direction (Mike, for instance, if he comes across this!).

Happy shopping!...

the only prob with buying a different hard drive third party is you have to install yourself. I watched an online video of a guy doing it, 25 of those little screws to take the cover off alone then some tugging and pulliing to get to the drive. no thanks.

but you are correct with ram. Other world computing has 4 gigs for like 400 bux