Mac Mini would be a great computer for what you're wanting to do.
The iMac would be a little better, and would include a monitor, but
if you have a monitor already then go with the Mac mini. I'm going
to buy one myself to augment my multi-mac setup (it's going to be my
DVR/PVR system + audio filesharing server).
Since both the new iMac and Mac mini have Intel processors supposedly
the increase in speed over previous G4/G5 chips is something on the
order of 2x to 5x faster, depending on task. The Mac mini has a
built-in graphics card that shares system ram so be sure to get a lot
of ram (at least 512 and I'd recommend 1 gig or more). The iMac will
play games better since it has its own dedicated videocard and
dedicated video memory but if you're not playing games then it won't
matter really. Lastly, you can dualboot Windows XP and Mac OS X
natively now that Apple released bootcamp, so if you're a gamer like
me that's a huge deal.
Good luck.
-- Mr. Tangent
On Apr 25, 2006, at 9:29 AM, nat hawks wrote:
quoted 43 lines way off topic here,
> way off topic here,
>
> but i know there are an awful lot of techies out there, and i'm
> pretty ignorant of these things.
>
> i have an ancient G4 (with 340mhz processor!) that i have had great
> success on, running huge protools files and processing big audio
> stuff. i have no complaints. a little slow, but it works.
>
> i'm interested in getting into video work though and i know my
> current set-up would collapse under the pressure. i'm looking to
> get a new mac as cheaply as possible that will let me play with
> small amounts of video (we're talking a half hour at a time of
> stock footage) and burning directly onto dvd...
>
> i want to get the souped up $800 mini...
>
> http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/
> 0.RSLID?mco=5FC8A26&nclm=Macmini
>
> but have heard the new imacs are better suited. then a video
> artist friend told me he knows someone who does tons of video on a
> macmini with no problems and that he has seen computer labs of
> imacs trying to crunch video and just spinning wheels.
>
> what's a guy to think?
>
> xo,
> nat
> http://www.littlefurythings.net
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