Toast 5 Titanium can also burn data and video DVDs, they arnt all nice like what DVD studio pro can make, but its $99 vs. $999. Also,i still think keeping your footage on tape is your best bet, unless you really need to be able to play DVDs in a DVD player. Using DVD as a storage medium is nice, but keep in mind that they are generally slower than working with tapes or drives.
BTW, I'd like to see some more of your work. I just got my digital camera about a month ago and I'm having a blast with it. You can see a few of the things I've made at my iMovie page (link in sig.). I was involved in a "Media Club" at my high school, untill it kind of fell apart because people were too busy.
<strong>M, you do know that you don't need to save all the footage that you crop to make your 2 minute vignettes...
Unless you plan on making a feature film anytime soon, you probably don't need more than a 40-60 gig HD. Frankly, biggest editing project I ever did was about an hour and a half's worth of footage. All that was needed for that was a 30 gig drive. The final movie, you generally don't keep the uncompressed DV on your computer. You re-export it to tape, or to QT high quality. Then, you delete the DV stream files OFF your HD. Frankly, you don't need any more than about 20-30 gigs of free space unless you're doing some seriously hardcore movie work.
DVD burner is stupid. It takes a hell of a lot of time to burn a DVD disc- not what you want for storage space. While the DVD burner capability is nice, you would have to buy DVD Studio Pro (for $999) to use it.
Apple makes no profit on blank DVD discs. NONE. Therefore, there's not any reason for them to want to sell more of them. They're in the business of selling computers to gullible people who are convinced they need the latest and the greatest to do whatever they want to do. You just got a DV camera. You're suddenly SO interested in it that you're planning to drop another ~500-1000 bucks on this hobby? Are you sure you're really interested, and not just caught in the RDF about how great making home movies with iMovie is and burning them with iDVD? Think about it for a bit. If your best work is capturing some big-boned teacher lumbering up some stairs without her knowing it, really, don't continue this hobby. You ain't cut out for it.
However, if you plan on becoming Spielberg then by all means, buy yourself an external FW hard drive (40 gigs or so) and go to town. That should be plenty of room to fill with your teacher's big ass or whatever you find funny.
Finally, I urge you, do not start whining about getting a new iMac again. Not here, not where I can see it. I promise you, my disdain for that type of behavior is less than that of most users around here.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Slow down there buddy...so quick to jump the gun and or at my throat?
I am just asking for suggestions and venting a little, not complaining or whining. I sort of "wrote" it through instead of thought it through...sometimes seeing something on paper (er at least in a textual format) helps see things more clearly and all at once..I may sound funny saying that but thats how I feel and is part of the reason I post at all.
<strong>Toast 5 Titanium can also burn data and video DVDs, they arnt all nice like what DVD studio pro can make, but its $99 vs. $999. Also,i still think keeping your footage on tape is your best bet, unless you really need to be able to play DVDs in a DVD player. Using DVD as a storage medium is nice, but keep in mind that they are generally slower than working with tapes or drives.
BTW, I'd like to see some more of your work. I just got my digital camera about a month ago and I'm having a blast with it. You can see a few of the things I've made at my iMovie page (link in sig.). I was involved in a "Media Club" at my high school, untill it kind of fell apart because people were too busy.</strong><hr></blockquote>
toast 5 will not author the dvd though. no interface or anything. it also doesn't convert the DV stream to MPEG 2.
[quote]yea right. the processor can be expanded currently to a dual 500, <hr></blockquote>
Single 450 --> Dual 500 isn't worth the $300+ it costs IMHO.
[quote]the graphic crd is upgradable,<hr></blockquote>
To what, a Radeon? GeForce 2MX?
[quote] the ram is expandable to 1.5GB, the hard drive is upgradable and it has a port for all your needs.<hr></blockquote>
It has room for one HD. That limits it to 120GB or so. There may be a 160GB out there. However, isn't ATA66 only capable of recognizing ~130GB?
Macintosh, I recommend you upgrade your internal drive. Better bang for the buck IMHO. Pick up a 120GB IBM Deskstar, or a 160GB Maxtor. The 160GB is only 5400RPM, but it costs a mere $245 at NewEgg.
It has room for one HD. That limits it to 120GB or so. There may be a 160GB out there. However, isn't ATA66 only capable of recognizing ~130GB?
Macintosh, I recommend you upgrade your internal drive. Better bang for the buck IMHO. Pick up a 120GB IBM Deskstar, or a 160GB Maxtor. The 160GB is only 5400RPM, but it costs a mere $245 at NewEgg. </strong><hr></blockquote>
holy crap only $250?! any other int HD deals I should know about? I wish I could fit moe then one HD into my iMac...
[quote]Single 450 --> Dual 500 isn't worth the $300+ it costs IMHO.<hr></blockquote>
yea, I mean its only more than a 2X increase
besides. original post said the cube was not upgradable. obviously this is an option whether popular or not. I wouldn't rule out future upgrades from third parties either
[quote]To what, a Radeon? GeForce 2MX? <hr></blockquote>
again. original post said not upgradable. obviously it is.
I believe the Radeon 8500 will fit as long as you change the metal faceplate
[quote]It has room for one HD. That limits it to 120GB or so. There may be a 160GB out there. However, isn't ATA66 only capable of recognizing ~130GB?<hr></blockquote>
jeez.. 120GB of internal storage in an 8 inch cube sure is limiting.
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BTW, I'd like to see some more of your work. I just got my digital camera about a month ago and I'm having a blast with it. You can see a few of the things I've made at my iMovie page (link in sig.). I was involved in a "Media Club" at my high school, untill it kind of fell apart because people were too busy.
<strong>M, you do know that you don't need to save all the footage that you crop to make your 2 minute vignettes...
Unless you plan on making a feature film anytime soon, you probably don't need more than a 40-60 gig HD. Frankly, biggest editing project I ever did was about an hour and a half's worth of footage. All that was needed for that was a 30 gig drive. The final movie, you generally don't keep the uncompressed DV on your computer. You re-export it to tape, or to QT high quality. Then, you delete the DV stream files OFF your HD. Frankly, you don't need any more than about 20-30 gigs of free space unless you're doing some seriously hardcore movie work.
DVD burner is stupid. It takes a hell of a lot of time to burn a DVD disc- not what you want for storage space. While the DVD burner capability is nice, you would have to buy DVD Studio Pro (for $999) to use it.
Apple makes no profit on blank DVD discs. NONE. Therefore, there's not any reason for them to want to sell more of them. They're in the business of selling computers to gullible people who are convinced they need the latest and the greatest to do whatever they want to do. You just got a DV camera. You're suddenly SO interested in it that you're planning to drop another ~500-1000 bucks on this hobby? Are you sure you're really interested, and not just caught in the RDF about how great making home movies with iMovie is and burning them with iDVD? Think about it for a bit. If your best work is capturing some big-boned teacher lumbering up some stairs without her knowing it, really, don't continue this hobby. You ain't cut out for it.
However, if you plan on becoming Spielberg
Finally, I urge you, do not start whining about getting a new iMac again. Not here, not where I can see it. I promise you, my disdain for that type of behavior is less than that of most users around here.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Slow down there buddy...so quick to jump the gun and or at my throat?
I am just asking for suggestions and venting a little, not complaining or whining. I sort of "wrote" it through instead of thought it through...sometimes seeing something on paper (er at least in a textual format) helps see things more clearly and all at once..I may sound funny saying that but thats how I feel and is part of the reason I post at all.
<strong>Toast 5 Titanium can also burn data and video DVDs, they arnt all nice like what DVD studio pro can make, but its $99 vs. $999. Also,i still think keeping your footage on tape is your best bet, unless you really need to be able to play DVDs in a DVD player. Using DVD as a storage medium is nice, but keep in mind that they are generally slower than working with tapes or drives.
BTW, I'd like to see some more of your work. I just got my digital camera about a month ago and I'm having a blast with it. You can see a few of the things I've made at my iMovie page (link in sig.). I was involved in a "Media Club" at my high school, untill it kind of fell apart because people were too busy.</strong><hr></blockquote>
toast 5 will not author the dvd though. no interface or anything. it also doesn't convert the DV stream to MPEG 2.
pretty useless without DVD authoring software
Single 450 --> Dual 500 isn't worth the $300+ it costs IMHO.
[quote]the graphic crd is upgradable,<hr></blockquote>
To what, a Radeon? GeForce 2MX?
[quote] the ram is expandable to 1.5GB, the hard drive is upgradable and it has a port for all your needs.<hr></blockquote>
It has room for one HD. That limits it to 120GB or so. There may be a 160GB out there. However, isn't ATA66 only capable of recognizing ~130GB?
Macintosh, I recommend you upgrade your internal drive. Better bang for the buck IMHO. Pick up a 120GB IBM Deskstar, or a 160GB Maxtor. The 160GB is only 5400RPM, but it costs a mere $245 at NewEgg.
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It has room for one HD. That limits it to 120GB or so. There may be a 160GB out there. However, isn't ATA66 only capable of recognizing ~130GB?
Macintosh, I recommend you upgrade your internal drive. Better bang for the buck IMHO. Pick up a 120GB IBM Deskstar, or a 160GB Maxtor. The 160GB is only 5400RPM, but it costs a mere $245 at NewEgg.
holy crap only $250?! any other int HD deals I should know about? I wish I could fit moe then one HD into my iMac...
yea, I mean its only more than a 2X increase
besides. original post said the cube was not upgradable. obviously this is an option whether popular or not. I wouldn't rule out future upgrades from third parties either
[quote]To what, a Radeon? GeForce 2MX? <hr></blockquote>
again. original post said not upgradable. obviously it is.
I believe the Radeon 8500 will fit as long as you change the metal faceplate
[quote]It has room for one HD. That limits it to 120GB or so. There may be a 160GB out there. However, isn't ATA66 only capable of recognizing ~130GB?<hr></blockquote>
jeez.. 120GB of internal storage in an 8 inch cube sure is limiting.
give me a break.