Configuring a DV Workstation

EventDV by Jan Ozer Like most technology writers, I frequently receive emails from readers with comments, questions, or both. One fairly consistent question is which equipment to purchase to streamline their capture, editing, and authoring tasks. Issues range from the benefit of dual vs. single processors, how additional RAM will impact performance, and what type of disk capacity to buy. Rather than continue to answer these questions piecemeal, I'll explore all these issues and more—for those on the Windows side (for the sake of effective, direct comparison)—in this article. read more...