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Intel's Core i7 is a runaway hit with the serious/professional video editing crowd:

http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?MessageID=649109&Replies=20

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Subject: RE: V9 HAS TO fix AVCHD bug to sell
Reply by: InterceptPoint
Date: 4/21/2009 3:40:30 AM

Get a Core i7 computer.

For simple edits (crossfades, a few title overlays, 2-3 video tracks, 2-3 audio tracks) I render AVCHD in real time or better and preview full screen on a 21" widescreen monitor. For straight video and the preview set to Good/Auto I get a 29.970 frame rate. This drops to 15 or so for title overlays and crossfades. There is no question that AVCHD takes some processing power. and I'm sure that there are improvements that Sony can make to Vegas to improve stability and rendering performance. But right now, with 8.1, I'm a happy camper with just a basic low end (not overclocked) Core i7 with 6 GB of memory running Vista Pro 64.

As to Version 9 it's wait and see for me but I'm very, very likely to buy it in the next couple of weeks. As a now reformed Premier Pro user Vegas has been very good to me since version 4 and I have never been disappointed with any of their subsequent releases and updates. Vegas just gets better and better. There is no reason to believe that Version 9 will break with that tradition.



Subject: RE: V9 HAS TO fix AVCHD bug to sell
Reply by: blink3times
Date: 4/21/2009 5:13:14 AM

"Get a Core i7 computer. "

If you want to work with native avchd in any serious fashion (with any nle) then this is a must.