Buying a Mac

[ghost_lingering]

Hey, so. I'm buying a new computer, and I'd like to get a Mac that would be decent for vidding. I'm tentatively thinking a 15" powerbook, but I've never owned a Mac before, and I don't know what the hardware essentials are for video editing, so I'd like a bit of guidance. So, uh. What should I get? Or, rather, what system would you get, and what would you consider absolutely nessisary in terms of specifications?

Also, if anyone knows of any good technical guides that are Mac specific, I'd love if you could link them--most of the information that I've found has been for pcs, which has been wonderful...until now.

Thanks much!

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[angstie.livejournal.com]

Hi,

You may also like to have a look at the forums on Afterdawn.com. There are some Mac vidding forums there that may have some good info for you.

As a Mac owner, I generally find that its not much different from using a pc - just diffrerent software. (Of course, I've never done vidding so far, so I could be talking crap...)

Ang

[ghost_lingering]

I'm just poking around afterdawn.com right now and it's exactly the type of thing I was looking for! Thank you!

The few times I've used a mac, I'm mostly just used Final Cut Pro, so I don't actually know how different macs are from pcs. I suspect that I'll get the hang of it though. I eventually figured out Windows, and OSX can't be any harder than that!

Thanks for your help!