My thoughts are to go for the Shuttle Xpress and shop Amazon.com or something for the books as they would probably be cheaper there. I used my 20 for a muti card reader. Chris On Dec 11, 2003, at 12:23 PM, Dwayne Bradley wrote: > Good afternoon everyone! I have a $20 gift certificate (.Mac renewal > bonus) for the Apple store that I must spend by 12/15. I recently > purchased Final Cut Express and I was looking for items to help me > learn and work with this new "tool". So far, here are a few of the > fairly inexpensive items that I have found: > > BOOK - Final Cut Express Solutions - $39.95 > BOOK - Apple PRO Training Series: Final Cut Express - $44.95 > BOOK - 50 Fast Final Cut Express Techniques - $24.95 > INPUT - Contour ShuttleXPress - $49.95 > > I am sure that there is an opinion or two out there from the good > folks on this list about these products. If you have any other > suggestions, I am all ears! I am not looking to spend more than $30 > out-of-pocket ($50 total including my gift certificate). > > Thanks in advance for your input and suggestions. > > Dwayne Bradley