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Old 04-06-2009, 02:52 PM   #21
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I've had an Imac for a couple of years. Nothing wrong with it at all. It has a core2duo and the best OS you can get. A great system.
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Old 04-06-2009, 05:22 PM   #22
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Bad guess but I admit it's 2 or 3 years since and I have no experience of editing HD so that maybe a lot more taxing.
It's nothing to do with it being more taxing. It's to do with the fact that video editing is a real-time task. If you put your Mac to one side and work somewhere else then you are not doing your job as a video editor, you are doing another job.

Our guys generally have Final Cut Pro open all day and work on anything between 2 and 10 video streams simultaneously as well as audio tracks.

Are you thinking of 3D rendering? It's very common to leave a final render going and do something else.
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Old 04-06-2009, 05:33 PM   #23
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I can sit here and debunk mac myths all night.
Why didn't you say you were a Mac fanboy to start with and I wouldn't have bothered trying to discuss the issue.

As for the Mac Mini case size....instead of thinking fanboy, think logically. A case that size cannot displace heat the same as a larger case. It's just simple maths. And poor heat dissipation means shorter component life. Another fact.

Macs just are not as productive as business tools. It's not really Apples fault that Office 2007 runs like crap on Leopard but it does and it ruins a lot of productivity. That and the fact that you can't even get access.

I'm sure it helps your argument to be as condescending as possible but I have also worked on both sides of the fence for around 12 years in companies ranging from 3 people to 15,000 people and I have still not met a single I.T manager that would argue that Mac's are better business PC's. A good I.T manager should know what the best solution for a given task is rather than blindly installing what they are comfortable with. Without fail, everyone in I.T I know agrees that Mac's are best for graphic/design work and PC's are best for office work and administration.

Furthermore, can you explain the logic of spending £1200 on a receptionists Mac instead of £400 for a PC?
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Old 04-06-2009, 06:14 PM   #24
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If it meets your requirements, why not?
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Old 04-06-2009, 07:32 PM   #25
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I'll ask mutelight, BRB...........
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Old 04-06-2009, 10:43 PM   #26
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It's nothing to do with it being more taxing. It's to do with the fact that video editing is a real-time task. If you put your Mac to one side and work somewhere else then you are not doing your job as a video editor, you are doing another job.

Our guys generally have Final Cut Pro open all day and work on anything between 2 and 10 video streams simultaneously as well as audio tracks.

Are you thinking of 3D rendering? It's very common to leave a final render going and do something else.
No I'm talking about working in an environment where resources are scarce. Where people don't all have flashy Macs and that's just what you do, you go back to another machine and do some print work until your done. I'm talking about final output here as far as setting a machine aside but if you can't wait a minute or two for your preview of the piece you are currently working on you are spoiled.
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Old 04-07-2009, 05:23 AM   #27
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No I'm talking about working in an environment where resources are scarce. Where people don't all have flashy Macs and that's just what you do, you go back to another machine and do some print work until your done. I'm talking about final output here as far as setting a machine aside but if you can't wait a minute or two for your preview of the piece you are currently working on you are spoiled.
I'm sorry if there has been any confusion but I was really clear when I said video editing. It's a whole job. We don't have video editors that do a bit of cover design when they are doing stuff.

We make corporate films, tv commercials, documentary films and the like. Any time waiting is costing us money, the margins are not that massive in filming/editing work.

You are talking about a business that does a bit of everything and the occasional bit of video editing from what it sounds like.

I can't explain this any better without sitting you next to our video editors for a day I'm afraid.
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