I started to play with Final Cut Pro for about an hour tonight. Damn my busy schedule preventing me from doing things I want (like getting the fucking CB Podcast posted!). FCP absorbed my P2 files from my camera no problem, and immediately played them back. Awesome. Getting the right settings for a sequence is a little more tricky, but that's OK, I'll figure that out.

And I also learned how great a dual-core CPU is. Not only that, but Compressor eats video alive. I did a 34-second 720/24p clip and it compressed it to H.264 in less than 15 minutes (not sure of the exact time as I was making dinner), and the results are beautiful. I posted it as a Bit Torrent file. The encoding is so crazy fast! Granted, it zaps the battery and makes the whole laptop hot, but it's way cool. I can't even wait to play with DVD Studio, Soundtrack and Motion. Again, so little time!

If only I wasn't a Windows developer... I love the Mac!