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Need help with PC/Mac Configuration

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Chase J. Carnahan

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Hey Guys,

I have a core i5 2.7GHz with 8GB of ram, nVidia GTX 260, running a 4-drive Raid 0 with a separate 1.5tb backup internal drive.

Right now I have it set up as a hackintosh, I can boot up into windows 7, or boot up into snow leopard 10.6.2 -- I do this because I had a copy of FCP 7, and didn't want to blow another $1500 on a comparable Mac Pro, or $1000 for adobe premier (at the time).

Here's my dilemma.

1. It sucks having to switch operating systems and transferring files from windows 7 to snow leopard (need a huge external)
2. My wireless adapter isn't compatible with snow leopard, and every time I want to use the internet, I have to steal the router from my roommates and ethernet that shit in.
3. I hate having my files all scattered, and at the moment, there's no way for me to transfer files without the use of the external -- from windows to snow leopard.
4. I have my 4-640gb raid 0 partitioned to 1/2 windows 7 and 1/2 snow leopard, so essentially I'm losing 1.2tb of space for virtually no reason.

What are your guys' thoughts? Is it worth it for me to drop $500 on Adobe Premier and learn a new program?

Or should I suck it up and keep doing what I'm doing -- and possibly just buy ANOTHER wireless adapter (all my PCIe slots are taken on my motherboard though).

HELP!

Chase
 
In short, yes, $399 for Premiere Pro CS5.5 is a no-brainer. Even if you didn't have dual boot dilemmas. There's plenty of support for FCP switchers, the interface will be very familiar to FCP 7 users and there's a preset for FCP 7 shortcuts as well. It's a very natural upgrade - FCP 7 to Premiere Pro CS5.5. Much more so than FCP 7 to FCP X, in fact. Download the trial for Win 7 and give it a go, there's a high probability you will be sold, like many REDUsers have been.
 
format your raid for hfs, and install mac drive on your windows partition. volumes with say consistant and you can read and write on both with the full size of the array. and get a usb wireless adapter, they work fine, i use two of them. the asus wireless N one is compatible with mac and PC, i own two of them... one for my mac tower, one for one of my pc's on win 7. no issues.
 
I will try what Sudhadip said first, and if I end up not actually liking it for some reason (which from what I hear, I doubt I will), then I'll give Tom's method a try. The shitty thin is that either way I'll have to format my Raid array either way, so I'm hoping I like premier enough to want to drop 400 clams on it.
 
Tom.Wong said:
format your raid for hfs, and install mac drive on your windows partition. volumes with say consistant and you can read and write on both with the full size of the array. and get a usb wireless adapter, they work fine, i use two of them. the asus wireless N one is compatible with mac and PC, i own two of them... one for my mac tower, one for one of my pc's on win 7. no issues.
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You can also do it the other way around, format drives NTFS and use Paragon on a Mac to read and write NTFS.
 
...Or, since it seems like a bastard-child of a hackintosh anyway. You could just drop OSX and go Win7 full time. Unless, of course, you have Mac apps that you absolutely need, which it doesn't seem as if you do.
 
Haha Jeff, that was my original point -- whether or not it's worth it to drop FCP7 and go to Premier 5.5 and stick with my Win7 full time. (which would save time and hassle). TY for the feedback guys...I'll let you know how I like Premier 5.5
 
From a pure shuttle drive formatting perspective, I use exFAT. Readable on Windows XP (with update) Vista and Win7 as well as Mac OS X 10.6 and later. Doesn't have the file size limitation of FAT32 and reads/writes on all OS's without purchasing any third party applications.

Michael
 
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