[MacDV] Re: What Computer

Sat Apr 19 13:11:35 PDT 2003

I don't mind if people offer their stuff here...

on 4/19/03 5:41 AM, Neil Bennett at ibenz at mac.com wrote:

> If I wanted to buy mac gear I would have logged onto eBays site !
> Kindly refrain from using this site as an opportunity to sell your gear.
> 
> On Friday, Apr 18, 2003, at 16:28 Europe/London, Geno Kearney wrote:
> 
>> Okay, folks.
>> 
>> Here's the deal and its a good one. My iMac is:
>> 
>> 800 mhz 15" flat panel
>> 60gb hard drive
>> 1gb memory installed by Apple at factory
>> Superdrive included.
>> 
>> If you go to Apples site and get the 15" with 1 gb its 1699.00 WITHOUT
>> the
>> superdrive.
>> 
>> I'll sell for $1,200 with the Superdrive and the 1gb. I'll box it in
>> its
>> original carton and pay the shipping. I've upgraded to OS10.2.4, but
>> will
>> use the restore disk and send it back to its factory state of 10.1,
>> but I'll
>> include
>> Apples 10.2.3 upgrade disc.
>> I'll of course also include all the original restore and software
>> disks.
>> I'll also include the UFO I got from XtremeMac. It's
>> a base the iMac sits on that adds extra USB and Firewire ports. See it
>> at
>> .....  http://www.xtrememac.com/formac/ufo.shtml . I think its a great
>> deal
>> especially considering you can now only get the superdrive in the 17"
>> 1 ghz
>> model. That model configured with my 1 gb memory is $2,199.00. So to
>> get the
>> 1gb memory and a superdrive you'd have to spend $1,000 more.
>> 
>> You'd need to send a cashiers check, but I would get it ready when you
>> said
>> it was a go and ship it asap. If you're concerned about me, check my
>> ebay
>> feedback. I'm a buyer only, and my rating is a perfect 218 (last I
>> checked).
>> My ebay ID is genoZ11 (from a car I used to have).
>> I'm also a regular on the list. I just didn't realize how deep into the
>> movie making with effects I would be getting into. I'm going to move
>> to a
>> dual 1.42 powermac. Thanks.
>> 
>> Geno
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "BigScanner.com" <terry at bigscanner.com>
>> To: "Geno Kearney" <geno.kearney at mindspring.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 11:12 AM
>> Subject: Re: OFFLIST Re: What Computer
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Geno Kearney" <geno.kearney at mindspring.com>
>> To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:29 AM
>> Subject: [MacDV] Re: What Computer
>> 
>> 
>>> I'll go one further. If you decide to go with an 800mhz, flat panel,
>>> make
>> me
>>> an offer. I'm ready to upgrade.
>>> 
>>> Geno
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Geno Kearney" <geno.kearney at mindspring.com>
>>> To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 10:14 AM
>>> Subject: [MacDV] Re: What Computer
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 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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