sold my laptop and pc, want one notebook, deciding between a mac:
17" 120 GB G4 2GB Ram 1.67 ghz superdrive + final cut, soundtrack, etc
AND a 'comparable' windows machine - 3+ ghz, etc
need it to edit a feature-length. not any effects, really, maybe a little blue screen, but no 3-d anim, etc
the reason for my dilemma, is of course money, both hardware and software
is the extra money for mac/ fcp worth it??
i have heard the line of ‘it's up to your preference' a hundred times, and its balloney.
my preference is BETTER MACHINE.
i will adjust to whatever new software, if it is a better one.
what should i go with, considering all he possible plug ins, software for composing music, the complains about pc's crashing, viruses, etc, etc…?
how about rendering? are 5400 (120 gb) or even 7200 (100gb drive) rpms on mac's hd that important? (4500 on pc).
is ddr2 (mac) better than ddr333 or ddr sdram memory? what’s that so-dimm 1 or 2 stuff?
how about the difference between ATA (mac) and EIDE (pc) harddrives?
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
17" 120 GB G4 2GB Ram 1.67 ghz superdrive + final cut, soundtrack, etc
AND a 'comparable' windows machine - 3+ ghz, etc
need it to edit a feature-length. not any effects, really, maybe a little blue screen, but no 3-d anim, etc
the reason for my dilemma, is of course money, both hardware and software
is the extra money for mac/ fcp worth it??
i have heard the line of ‘it's up to your preference' a hundred times, and its balloney.
my preference is BETTER MACHINE.
i will adjust to whatever new software, if it is a better one.
what should i go with, considering all he possible plug ins, software for composing music, the complains about pc's crashing, viruses, etc, etc…?
how about rendering? are 5400 (120 gb) or even 7200 (100gb drive) rpms on mac's hd that important? (4500 on pc).
is ddr2 (mac) better than ddr333 or ddr sdram memory? what’s that so-dimm 1 or 2 stuff?
how about the difference between ATA (mac) and EIDE (pc) harddrives?
thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!