[CUBE] Which upgrade for video editing?

[Seth]

A large special edition hard drive will probably help with those read 
write times.  A faster processor will make a large difference also.  
Video card will not make a great difference unless you are into gaming.
Seth
On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 03:45 PM, Meirion Roscoe wrote:

> I recently bought my cube, after selling my imac, because it is a 
> stunning piece of beautiful engineering.  I could have bought a new 
> iMac with a superdrive and solved all my Pioneer dvr105 'inside 
> outside hack' issues - but it wouldn't be the same. I've always wanted 
> a cube and will probably always have one.
>
> My problem is though, that most of my work on it, is video and photo 
> editing.  As I am of meagre means (and obviously devoid of computer 
> knowledge) I can't afford every upgrade on the market.  So where do I 
> start?  My cube is a 450 with DVD and 20gig HD.  It has 1Mb of RAM and 
> not much else.  More RAM I can probably afford, but which upgrade is 
> going to help me cut down the time iMovie spends chuntering away 
> exporting stuff?  A new CPU or a fancy Video card?  And whichever one 
> it is - how far down the line do I need to go.  The DVD on the 
> umbiblical sounds great if it will work with IDVD3, but do I need more 
> muscle to get it to work efficiently.
>
> Thanks in advance for even reading this!
>
> Rossi
>
>
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