Help me spend $20 at the Apple store

[sb]

I agree. Buy the shuttle, a media card reader, a pack of 4x DVD blanks, or
an extra firewire cable.

The #1 book on Final Cut Express is Final Cut Express Editing Workshop by
Tom Wolsky. It's about $23 on Amazon.

 sb


On 12/11/03 12:26 PM, "Robert Meadors" <rmeadors at mac.com> wrote:

> 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
>