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9/16/10 10:22:43 PM

9/16/10 10:25:47 PM

On Mac Hardware...

Would it be cheaper... NO, not really. see below.

If you want a Laptop that just plain works... get a MBP (Mac Book Pro).

On "desktop" machines... the Mac Mini is "good enough" but it will show its age quite quickly.

The Mac Pro... new == spendy. For current stuff stay away from the G4 and G5 models... I've seen some 8GB, G5 2.0GHz Dual Processor, gaggle of disk go for $400. But then the latest OSX you can load is 10.5.x which is going off support in a year or so.

Personally, I'd go and get any Core 2 Duo 15" MBP with 2+ GB of RAM and as big a hard drive as you can get if you want. Go and get the 10.6.x update from the Apple Store and buy Final Cut Express at the same time (iWork is great also).

You been suffering through ancient machines as it is... you'll be thrilled and Stuff Just works with it. 2.0Ghz+ Processor Core 2 Duo machine and 2+GB of memory will thrill you to death... and be cheap enough to last long enough for you to get a new one when you are ready and one last thing... don't forget a "time machine" backup drive in a USB case or some such. "Time Machine" is damn near perfect.

Edited by folkert Sept. 16, 2010, 10:25:47 PM EDT

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Can I take this opportunity to point out ... - (drook) - (46) - Sept. 16, 2010, 07:05:53 PM EDT

Well, Linux developers develop for . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Sept. 16, 2010, 08:00:22 PM EDT

yeah, we have a pool to see when 3par suckage starts :-) -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 16, 2010, 08:39:37 PM EDT

Well here is my attempt to SOAPBOX. - (folkert) - (39) - Sept. 16, 2010, 08:39:33 PM EDT

Gah. - (malraux) - (10) - Sept. 16, 2010, 09:11:34 PM EDT

Let me tell you about my $4000 486... ;-) -NT - (Another Scott) - (9) - Sept. 16, 2010, 09:16:41 PM EDT

Mine was $2184... - (folkert) - (6) - Sept. 16, 2010, 10:25:01 PM EDT

486/66 EISA/SCSI. 6 months later it was $1000 less... -NT - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 16, 2010, 10:44:12 PM EDT

1992 - (malraux) - (1) - Sept. 16, 2010, 10:46:37 PM EDT

Ah, the good old days! :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 16, 2010, 10:47:41 PM EDT

I remember the first time I saw 500M hard drive - (drook) - Sept. 17, 2010, 07:57:34 AM EDT

Hey, I can play this game - (jake123) - (1) - Sept. 17, 2010, 09:23:02 AM EDT

I could too, though I'm not sure I really want to. - (static) - Sept. 17, 2010, 10:57:21 AM EDT

/hand waves and my $700 esdi drives! -NT - (boxley) - Sept. 17, 2010, 08:22:59 AM EDT

Mine was $5K - (crazy) - Sept. 17, 2010, 06:51:39 PM EDT

Would a Mac desktop be cheaper? - (drook) - (27) - Sept. 16, 2010, 09:53:26 PM EDT

On Mac Hardware... - (folkert) - Sept. 16, 2010, 10:25:47 PM EDT

Depends on what you want to do. - (Another Scott) - (25) - Sept. 16, 2010, 10:42:23 PM EDT

And AVCHD is what I'm looking for - (drook) - (24) - Sept. 17, 2010, 07:59:41 AM EDT

Well then... - (folkert) - Sept. 17, 2010, 09:25:30 AM EDT

Apple claims FCE4 will do it on an Intel Mac. - (Another Scott) - (22) - Sept. 17, 2010, 09:41:47 AM EDT

Yeah, I'll be looking - (drook) - Sept. 17, 2010, 10:53:12 AM EDT

probably can however - (boxley) - (20) - Sept. 17, 2010, 11:23:02 AM EDT

I should find a Video Toaster and a Betacam -NT - (drook) - (19) - Sept. 17, 2010, 11:33:30 AM EDT

Or - (crazy) - (18) - Sept. 17, 2010, 06:58:45 PM EDT

Heh, yeah I know - (drook) - (17) - Sept. 17, 2010, 08:24:52 PM EDT

Have you been taking misdirection lessons - (crazy) - (16) - Sept. 19, 2010, 11:57:53 AM EDT

Somebody's been taking grumpy pills - (drook) - (15) - Sept. 19, 2010, 12:48:07 PM EDT

grumpy pills? - (crazy) - (14) - Sept. 19, 2010, 05:44:13 PM EDT

You're more self-aware than the people I'm talking about - (drook) - (13) - Sept. 19, 2010, 06:37:56 PM EDT

No-one is more certain than . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - Sept. 19, 2010, 06:46:23 PM EDT

Have you stopped to consider... - (mvitale) - (1) - Sept. 19, 2010, 10:00:20 PM EDT

No, that had never occurred to me -NT - (drook) - Sept. 19, 2010, 10:34:21 PM EDT

On the MS side - (crazy) - (9) - Sept. 19, 2010, 10:36:40 PM EDT

"Pick your poison" - (drook) - (8) - Sept. 20, 2010, 12:39:14 AM EDT

Got it - (crazy) - (7) - Sept. 20, 2010, 07:44:03 AM EDT

Where did you offer any solutions? - (drook) - (6) - Sept. 20, 2010, 04:39:02 PM EDT

Maybe you simply posted in the wrong forum. :-) - (static) - Sept. 20, 2010, 07:57:01 PM EDT

What about this? - (beepster) - (2) - Sept. 20, 2010, 09:02:21 PM EDT

He has looked at it and tried to use it. - (folkert) - (1) - Sept. 20, 2010, 09:04:25 PM EDT

On deficiencies - (drook) - Sept. 21, 2010, 10:03:11 AM EDT

Or you could have found a bunch of other people - (crazy) - (1) - Sept. 20, 2010, 11:20:29 PM EDT

Working on that - (drook) - Sept. 21, 2010, 09:47:14 AM EDT

Here is the Movie Maker you're describing... - (rickw) - (3) - Oct. 28, 2010, 02:38:51 AM EDT

He found a decent NLVE for Linux... - (folkert) - Oct. 28, 2010, 07:27:08 AM EDT

I think I already installed that - (drook) - (1) - Oct. 28, 2010, 02:29:06 PM EDT

You might want to keep an eye on iMovie. - (Another Scott) - Oct. 28, 2010, 09:51:46 PM EDT

Bondi blue. And all that implies.
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