Wow are you asking to open a can of worms! The web is full of evangelists proclaiming the superiority of their hardware and software. Good news is that many of today's programs run under both Windows and OSX. I am not qualified to dissuade you from buying a modern Windows computer. It's been nine years since I've owned one, and I haven't used Windows8.

But I am qualified to tell you that Apple offers reasonable alternatives that might work for you. I used PC's with DOS and Windows until 2005, and had to develop pretty good diagnostic skills. (There were lots of crashes when editing with that old version of Premiere on WindowsXP.) Then I bought a PowerMac tower; it took a couple of weeks to adjust to the Apple interface, but it was easy to transition into Final Cut Pro 5.

Configure a MacBook Pro for Video Editing [u] Posted on December 24, 2016 by Larry [UPDATE. If you have a lot of devices, consider a dock, which takes a single USB-C cable from the computer and splits it into a wide variety of separate ports. Hlo i have a confusion.i have my mac book pro i5 with retina display.2012 model.

I now use an iMac to edit with Final Cut ProX. There are occasional problems, but my computer diagnostic skills have become rusty. FCPX has received mixed reviews; I happen to enjoy editing with its non-tradional magnetic storyline.

Apple has certainly priced it competitively. But i f you long for a traditional timeline, you can license Premiere or buy other software. So my suggestion is to borrow someone's Mac and see how you like it! Then you'll be able to make an educated decision about what software you want to edit with, and which machines will run it dependably.

Note, I'm also not keen on editing with a notebook computer. Nothing beats dual monitors on a desktop! If you don't need portability, an iMac or Windows desktop machine can also give you a lot more bang for the buck!

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Perhaps you have an older notebook that can be repurposed just for video data acquisitiion, then do the real work at 'home'. I have Adobe CC so have it on my and my new whizzy PC – I prefer editing on the PC, and as long as you don't fill the PC with software, the PC is perfectly stable. Windows 8 is as most people say, horrible without a touch screen, so I bought a big touch screen and can say it's just a horrible with it! You get used to the quirks though and it's no big deal. The Mac is nice, and can do most things – but the thing I really hate is the lack of socketry – two USBs is simply not enough nowadays. You can buy one of the flash in/out boxes to give you more connectabilty, but it's very expensive. I prefer editing on the PC, with three monitors.