Which Mac should I get?

slayer097 · August 21, 2004 8:04PM

i really want to get a mac because im into a lot of digital video and audio editting, not to mention a lot of photoshop, and i heard that they're the best. i was looking at the 15 in powerbook g4 w/ the superdrive. but u kno, 2500 is a lot of money. would i be able to get away with anything cheaper, or would i need to get the g4?

scott · August 21, 2004 8:35PM

Sounds like you need a power mac G5

jiminy c. · August 21, 2004 9:12PM

The very minimum would be the PowerBook G4. I don't think anything cheaper will work very well.

altivec_2.0 · August 21, 2004 10:04PM

You could always do it, the most not honest way, and get a Dual 1.8Ghz G5 with education discount. Around 1799 then. You don't really have to be in education to get the discount. (That's what I've heard

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zodiac · August 22, 2004 3:24PM

Geez guys. I use an emac for these things and even an iBook does the job. You don't NEED a G5 for this but if you CAN afford it, get it.

kingofsomewherehot · August 22, 2004 5:13PM

crap, I run PhotoshopElements, iMovie, etc on a G3 (4 year old) iBook running at 466mHtz....

ANY current mac is up to those tasks ... basically, the more expensive versions will simply be usefull for that much longer.

slayer097 · August 22, 2004 6:26PM

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Originally posted by Altivec_2.0

You could always do it, the most not honest way, and get a Dual 1.8Ghz G5 with education discount. Around 1799 then. You don't really have to be in education to get the discount. (That's what I've heard)

an education discout would be very useful....please pm me with some addition information

much appreciated

ibook911 · August 23, 2004 1:23AM

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Originally posted by Slayer097

an education discout would be very useful....please pm me with some addition information much appreciated

I'd imagine that you'd just click the educational discounts on Apple.com and select a school.

zapchud · August 23, 2004 9:07AM

It's insane to recommend anything less than a new PowerBook G4 with a fast graphics card (9700 with 128MB VRAM) in 2004. While you can do (some) video editing and photoshop on older hardware, nothing guarantees it'll be smooth or pleasant at all.

If portability is an absolute requirement - get the PowerBook. If you can live with a big honkin' box, get the PowerMac G5 with dual processors that matches your wallet the best.

zodiac · August 23, 2004 7:31PM

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Originally posted by Zapchud

It's insane to recommend anything less than a new PowerBook G4 with a fast graphics card (9700 with 128MB VRAM) in 2004. While you can do (some) video editing and photoshop on older hardware, nothing guarantees it'll be smooth or pleasant at all.

If portability is an absolute requirement - get the PowerBook. If you can live with a big honkin' box, get the PowerMac G5 with dual processors that matches your wallet the best.

It not insane, I do all this stuff, pleasantly, on my dad's girlfriend's 600 ibook. And I do it just fine on my 1.25GHz emac. But as I said before, if you can afford it, go for it.

zapchud · August 24, 2004 5:08AM

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Originally posted by zodiac

It not insane, I do all this stuff, pleasantly, on my dad's girlfriend's 600 ibook. And I do it just fine on my 1.25GHz emac. But as I said before, if you can afford it, go for it.

Yes, it is insane.

Yesterday, I had a small poster project going for the student association. Nothing huge, A3 format. Tools was iBook G4, Photoshop and InDesign, Safari. Editing the background image was a pain in Photoshop (converting to CMYK would almost choke the poor machine, for instance), and putting it together in InDesign wasn't exactly pleasant either. Not to mention that the machine choked again every time I test-exported the final poster to PDF. And this is just light editing, folks. Light editing.

If getting a PowerBook, be sure to BTO a faster hard-drive as well.

faraday · August 31, 2004 2:38PM

How much ram did that iBook have?

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