We use FCPX and recently edited Red Raw with our 13" MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM. We recently upped the memory to 16GB in that machine from www.MacSales.com. My point being that pure power is not necessarily needed if you are using FCPX.
Granted many old school editors hate FCPX but I personally think it is the future. I was a hater of FCPX before but have grown to love it.
Just something to consider. For a $1100 real Mac with FCPX, you could be editing raw.
Hi, All! This is just some of my "practice footage" from late night (early morning) walks around NYC with my trusty GH2, 37mm Mir, Kowa, Redstan clamps and Tokina 0.4 diopter. Hope you like it. [url="http://vimeo.com/55186577"]http://vimeo.com/55186577[/url]
Here is one more. The first was ungraded ProRes, this has a quick grade thrown on. Not sure if I like the grade, though. [url="https://vimeo.com/55254355"]https://vimeo.com/55254355[/url]