Rolling out a Monster Rig
As part of our OSX and AD Integration we are rolling out a new video production rig to our media dept. This project has definitely been more than just purchasing hardware and dropping it on a desk and walking away, but learning how to serve our Mac users in the process (allowing those users to start to become equal citizens on the network) has been a good adventure.
This new mac is a Quad Core and so far the beast works really well.
The Hardware: Quad Core 3 ghz Mac Pro with 10gb of memory, Dual 24 inch Dell Displays, Dual SuperDrives, a 250gb primary volume and 1TB scratch disk and 250GB TimeMachine Disk, 12×6 Intuos Tablet.
The Software: Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Production Premium. Beware FCP takes about 6 hours to fully install. (We went with Adobe’s Production Suite even though we don’t use Adobe Premier since it was MUCH cheaper than purchasing Design Premium and then adding After Effects… Thanks to Nancy at CCB for that little nugget.)
Dave our Media director has been VERY eagerly anticipating the arrival of his new ‘baby’, and we delivered the hardware to his NEW office on Friday… I wish he would show some excitement 
Thanks to our campus services team Dave has a mondo huge keyboard tray that even holds his tablet and keyboard…
Stop grinning Dave and start cranking out some more cool videos!
Wow . . . and I thought I was having fun last night doing my little video. That’s fantastic technology . . . I finally broke down and bought my Mac in December and since then I’ve been so much more productive. It’s hard to quantify . . .but last night in flowing in and out of video apps, screen captures, music editing . . . it all just worked.
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