12" Albook viable DV system?

[Paul Harris]

I use a 600MHz iBook for editing (even though I have a
1.5GHz Wintel I could use).  Seems to work fine on the
capture side, with no dropped frames, easy capturing, and
easy exporting.

The three warnings I'd issue are:
1) Disk space.  An hour takes up about 13Gig, which can be
tight if you get one with a 20Gig drive!  Shouldn't be an
issue with the newer ones.
2) When you're capturing, editing or exporting don't try to
do anything else, the machine is quite busy enough.  That
includes screensavers (switch 'em off!)
3) Speed - Rendering transition is a little slow (maybe 15
seconds to a minute, depending on what you're doing). 
Exporting to QuickTime is an overnight job for an hour of
video (literally!).  Again, the newer models should help
with this some, but it's still not going to be quick!  

For me the ease of use far outweighs these problems.

Cheers, Paul

----

> > Hey all ... with the newest round of price drops on the
> 12" Albook they are
> > looking more and more attractive. Would you guys
> > recommend using them as a moble editing/DVD burning
> solution? My only concern
> > is screen size and its max resolution of 1024x768.
> > It's been ages since I've used a resolution that low and
> was curious if it
> > caused anyone any problems. I hope I hear good things
> > back ... the price on these babies compared to the ibook
> is fantastic.
> > 
> LOL! I've not yet worked on a machine that goes that high!
> I'd also be interested in hearing a bout the book. my
orange
> is soon due for
> replacement and If I find one cheap enough I'd be tempted.
> 
> Donna