[MacDV] Re: What Computer

[Geno Kearney]

My .02

I have an 800 mhz flat panel, 1 gig memory. I use iMovie, iDVD. If I had a
do-over, I'd go as strong as I could with a powermac. I spend too much time
waiting on the processing. If you can afford it, go overkill.

Geno


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Winter" <winter at mac.com>
To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 9:47 AM
Subject: [MacDV] Re: What Computer


>
> On Thursday, April 17, 2003, at 12:22  AM, Charles Martin wrote:
>
> > Really pretty hard to say based on such a bare description, but I
> > guess I'd recommend a 15" or 17" flat-panel iMac with Superdrive. An
> > eMac might also do the job, and costs significantly less, but isn't as
> > cool. :)
>
> I'll second that.
>
> It really depends on what she wants to do. Our iMac DV (400 MHz G3, 512
> MB RAM) is sufficient for video capture, simple editing, and exporting
> back to camera.
>
> OTOH, if you apply a lot of effects, export to Quicktime or use iDVD,
> I'd recommend a 1 GHz or faster G4. In general the iMac won't be
> significantly slower than a dual-processor system with the same clock
> speed since I've yet to find an operation that actually uses both
> processors (the caveat being if you want to do something else with the
> computer while iMovie is churning away dual processors rock!). I found
> out last weekend that I can even capture video and play computer games
> simultaneously on my dual 1 GHz box (just don't put the game in
> full-screen mode where it switches to a monitor resolution iMovie
> doesn't like).
>
> -Mike
>
>
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