Video editing rig!

[geekybiker727]

Hey guys!
I wanna get a macbook pro or air for video editing and a maybe will use logic.... Or should I get an iMac? I wanna learn final cut but in the start I will use after effected and premier pro.....please advice!

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

I own both, they're extremely overpriced, but for Final Cut Pro, an obvious option. For the same price of a MacBook, you can buy a gaming laptop, with far better specs, and probably a better screen as well, because MacBook screens are glossy, meaning they can't display accurate colors.

 

[geekybiker727]

I own both, they're extremely overpriced, but for Final Cut Pro, an obvious option. For the same price of a MacBook, you can buy a gaming laptop, with far better specs, and probably a better screen as well, because MacBook screens are glossy, meaning they can't display accurate colors.

Hey man I've heard that for all mo and stuff final cut is the best. So should I get a macbook air or pro or an iMac? I wanna buy Apple. No gaming PC and stuff

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

There are too many editing programs out there to simply say which one is the best that easily. Buy the best MacBook Pro you can afford, but you will be wasting money, so keep that in mind. A gaming laptop doesn't mean you have to use it for gaming.

 

[azaran]

Hey guys!
I wanna get a macbook pro or air for video editing and a maybe will use logic.... Or should I get an iMac? I wanna learn final cut but in the start I will use after effected and premier pro.....please advice!

Really it comes down to do you want or need to be mobile? Price vs power, the iMac beats the hell out of any version of a Macbook. But you cant carry the iMac around. Well I suppose you could, but you'd have a hell of a time with it.

The top end Macbook is where you have to start to get a quadcore i7, which if you're serious about video editing you'll want one. The high end Macbook tops out at 2.8Ghz i7, 15in screen, 16GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage, this brings the price to about $3,100, and will not be enough room in the long run for video editing. Which means you'll need external drives, which makes the portable thing a bit of an issue. But if you're only working on one project you can still be portable. And the internal storage is SSD based so it'll be nice and fast.

The equivalently priced iMac will get you a 3.3Ghz i7, 27in screen, 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage. Since the iMac can use a normal sized hard drive, presumably you can upgrade the internal to whatever type of drive you'd like at a shop. But even if you can't since you're not worrying about being mobile, external drives arent as big of a hassle.

So is the price premium of being mobile worth it to you or do you prefer the power and cost savings of going with a desktop?

And for the record, be open to other programs. While final cut is a fantastic program, locking yourself in to one platform for the sake of brand recognition is a poor way to learn an art.

*Edit Incidentally, hold off on any Macbook purchase till after June. Rumor has it Apple will be refreshing the lineup after the Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference mid June.