[MacDV] Re: What Computer

Joseph Tang jtds at netvigator.com
Sat Apr 19 19:57:35 PDT 2003 

I dont mind either....
jt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Illovox Media" <illovox at oz.net>
To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 4:11 AM
Subject: [MacDV] Re: What Computer


> 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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