[MacDV] Planning a Dual G5 purchase for video use

[Richard Dalziel-Sharpe]

Hi Timothy
As Brett says maxing the ram does make a huge difference.
But its not just the applications that are speeded up; OSX loves ram. 
Its memory management is very effective in allowing you to do heaps of 
multi tasking.
This means you can keep your apps open and have instant access to them 
and allows huge improvements in productivity, simply by not having to 
shut them down and start them up.
I have a Dual 2gig G5 which had only 512megs of ram at purchase, I was 
disappointed in the perceived speed change from my G4 867. But when I 
put in another 1.5gig of ram the change was dramatic everywhere, the 
only thing that really has not changed to keep up is the brain 
operating the keyboard, oh well, our Steve hasnt worked out that one 
yet.
Kind regards,
Richard Dalziel-Sharpe

On 15/04/2005, at 6:48 AM, Timothy Luoma wrote:

>
> I'm planning, probably sometime this summer, to buy a Dual G5, mainly 
> to do video work (importing video from ConvertX/Canopus ADVC 110 into 
> iMovie/EyeTV)
>
> There is a fairly steep price difference ($900) between the Dual 1.8 
> and the 2.5.