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Originally Posted by Mr Happy
The latest and greatest Mac, and it SUCKS.
It does not even come close to the machine all the way to left I just built.
Next to the new PC build is my i7 920 which was not getting what I needed done fast enough.
When I tell a person something, I tell no lies. I have done a side by side comparison, and there is no comparison.
Mac has dropped the ball by not installing i7 cores into their top of the line machines.
I edit all of my Canon 5D MkII and SONY EX1 footage with the new beast.
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I won't get into the Mac/PC debate, but I will say that it would be impossible for a top of the line mac pro (not power mac, they've been discontinued years ago) to use a core i7...
And lets stop bullshitting here...
First, the "latest and greatest" mac isn't a power mac (they were discontinued in 2006 when apple switched to intel processors).
Second, a "latest and greatest" mac pro would cost far more than $6,500. More like $10k+
Also, you spent 3 grand on a video card for what? editing porn videos? Do you even realize that the bulk of your video editing uses very little gpu power? I could see if you were doing some serious work in say maya or 3d cad. Otherwise, you just wasted a shit load of money for something you'll never, ever, get full use out of, much less need.
So, let's deduct the 3k you foolishly spent on the video card, that leaves you with a $2,500 system. Which is still really nice, but at the end of the day it's not the "best video editing pc ever".
In case you're curious, here's my system:
Asus Z8NA-D6C Mobo
2x Intel Xeon 5620's
12GB DDR3 Memory (I don't need Registered/ECC memory so I went the cheap route)
1x 128GB ssd system drive.
Nvidia GTS250 512MB video card
Now, I run mac osx snow leopard on this machine, and it performs quite well.
Render time for 1 hour unedited 1080p hd video for editing/playback: 6-10 minutes.
Encode time for ~30 minute HD video (.mov): less than 30 seconds if rendering to same settings as my project.
Encode time for ~30 minute mpg: 10-15 minutes.
My only downfall is when encoding to WMV. It takes longer than any other format; but that's due to quick time 7's limitations... I found quicktime 7 to be the best app to use for exporting wmv (with the use of flip4mac). but it has it's drawbacks as it doesn't multithread very well at all. The upside is, I can encode all files I need for hd wmv (usually 7) at the same time.
I have yet to fully test this machine under a windows environment so I honestly can't give mu feedback there