This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] Macbook Air?

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Re: [Avid-L2] Macbook Air?

Dennis old buddy, that machine blows for working with Gopro and all other MPEG files, and AMA, and the list goes on. All of the non 64bit MBP versions blow. They are also prone to motherboard and Nvidia chipset failures. And HEAT.

If it locks up for no reason - it's heat. I installed smcFancontrol on mine and discovered the freezes would go away if I kept externally cooled at <150 deg.

Santa should bring you, Greg and I at LEAST a 13' Retina MBP this year. It's 2x as fast, with 2x the graphics and 2x TBolt ports than the MBAir, and weighs the SAME! Also HDMI is built in. Well worth the small bump in price.

Let's all be good and keep an eye under the tree this year...

On Oct 9, 2013, at 11:49 AM, Dennis Degan wrote:

On Oct 8, 2013, at 1:18 PM, Greg Huson wrote:

> My macpro is just old enough that it's starting to annoy me - mostly the maximum allowable memory of 8gig (I only have 4, but why upgrade if I can't have at least 16?) and the spinning media.
> So, rather than upgrade this machine, which I mostly use for email, I'm thinking of selling it and replacing it with an 'air,' since when I DO use it for big files / editing / etc., I'm on an external drive anyway.
> Anyone editing on a macbook air? What's that like? Or is there still a real advantage to the macbook pro now?
> Any advice appreciated.

I think:

I have the original MacPro (1,1) from 2006 and it came with 4GB of RAM. I've since installed a total of 8GB. I don't understand when you say its limit is 8GB. It can be upgraded to 32GB and I'm thinking of doing just that. It's still a wonderful machine and I'm using it daily for heavy duty work like Avid editing. Except for occasional application freezes (not with Avid!), it runs well and I have no need to replace it. The app freezes might be minimized when I increase the RAM to 32GB.

Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
NBC Today Show, New York