[MacDV] Re: Mac rookie needs your opinion

[ShirleyK]

Just don't pay Apple's price for memory. Crucial.com is a reputable 
company from which I've bought memory. They aren't the lowest, but they 
are far below Apple's prices. Don't necessarily go with the absolute 
lowest price you can find. Some memory has been incompatible in the 
past. Perhaps others will post other reputable sources.

Shirley

On Jun 11, 2004, at 6:23 PM, Paul Moortgat wrote:

> See the Apple shop for options (and prices) to order.
>
> Paul Moortgat
>
> On 12-jun-04, at 03:07, ShirleyK wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 11, 2004, at 12:48 PM, wtfletch at direcway.com wrote:
>>
>>> I am going to make the switch over to the dark side - MAC.
>>
>> Ha Ha - that's what we call the other side
>>
>>> I'm considering that bad boy G5 dual 2.5G. I need the opinion of 
>>> "the Pro's" on what I should add to the stock G5. I was thinking 1G 
>>> mem,
>>
>> You mean total memory or adding 1 Gig to what it comes with? I have 2 
>> Gig on my G4 (last top of the line before G5) You can never have too 
>> much memory (just kidding - 8 gig is kind of over the top for a video 
>> beginner)
>>
>>> 250G sata to start off with (plus the 23inch monitor).
>>
>> I hope you know about the $500 back with this monitor but check the 
>> ending date. It's real soon now.
>>
>>> Someone told me that I could get an ATI all-in-wonder card for the 
>>> G5 and make it my home entertainment center. Anyone try this yet?
>>>
>>> Also, I am going to get into DV editing so I needed your suggestions 
>>> for an additional application. I don't need to make a movie but I'd 
>>> like to have some nice features and not have to go back to school 
>>> for a year to be able to operate it! I will eventually have a lot of 
>>> home movies to edit/burn.
>>> Final Cut express?
>>
>> I would play around with iMovie for a while. Find out what its 
>> limitations are for the kind of work you expect to do. It comes with 
>> the machine, so it costs nothing to try it. Then, maybe you'll have a 
>> better basis for deciding between the two Final Cut programs (Pro & 
>> Express)
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance and sorry to bother you all with these piddly 
>>> question but I have to learn somewhere, might as well learn from the 
>>> Pro's!
>>
>> Sorry not a pro at all.
>>
>> Shirley
>
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