I want to get the new macbook 13" 2.0 Ghz with 80 GB upgrade hard drive, superdrive, 2 GB ram upgrade (bought seperately and installed myself), 20" viewsonic LCD, 20" Viewsonic CRT, 200 GB External Maxtor hard drive, logitech 5.1 surround sound speakers with subwoofer and 4 satteliets and 1 center speaker. I am getting all of this for around 2 grand, so basically im asking if this computer is ideal fro video editing. just let me know, thanx
2006-06-09 22:00:13 · 3 answers · asked by redsox122988 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
For Video Editing you need Fastest Harddrive, Fastest processor and Ram, so this system is not ideal at present.
2006-06-09 22:03:42 · answer #1 · answered by Shakeel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a word: NO
I say this with a qualification. As it stands right now that system is not ideal for editing. The new intel macs don't have final cut available for them yet. (I could be mistaken I have not looked in the last few weeks, but as of last month it was not.), and the older G4's did not have the power to do realtime editing that is needed to be an effective editing machine.
That being said, if you are looking to do home videos, then that machine has more than enough power. (Make sure the harddrive is 7400 rpm, if it is not skip the upgrade and get a LaCie external fire wire drive instead.) If you need to edit on the run a lap top is the way to go, but if you want to really do some serious editing get a desktop G5. For around the same amount of money (Add about $500) you can get a serious professional editing workstation that will be alot faster.
Tony
2006-06-14 13:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by turlak1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That thing you've just said is the right one...
2006-06-10 05:06:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋