I have been researching and pricing my first computer build for months now which was going to be for when I start film school in June. My problem now is that I can either get a desktop PC for around $1900 that includes
AMD X2 4200
GeForce 7800GT
2gig Corsair Mem
320gb HD
19inch Monitor
as well as the rest of the workings, but thats just the major stuff
or I can opt for the MacBook Pro, which from what I've been told is the better computer for video editing.
Side note: I still intend to play games on whatever comp I get, its not just for editing.
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent -postroliphophus- said:
Side note: I still intend to play games on whatever comp I get, its not just for editing.
Then you don't want the Mac. Or that PC. Look for a different processor; I've heard compatibility issues with X2s and current games.
It's not something people hear about.
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Sean had this to say about dark elf butts:
I've heard compatibility issues with X2s and current games.
I live that every day of my life. 
Though for the most part I have yet to find a patch, utility or flag that doesn't fix the issues I come across. The worst you have to do is set processor affinity or disable Cool'n'Quiet.
I don't game to much anymore so I cant' speak a lot on that. Pretty much all I play is WoW and both my G5 and Powerbook run it pretty well. The new iMacs fall right between those two systems in performance so you should have no problem running that. Game limitations are going to be your only problem.
Right now I am not sure about the ability to run XP on the new Apple hardware (nor would I want to) However from what I hear, Vista should be pretty easy to port over.
For video you are hard pressed to find a PC and software that will preform as well as the mac anywhere in the price range. And while I hate the name, the new macbooks seem to be pretty solid machines.
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Alidane had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Just note that Rev. A apple products are notoriously shitty.
Stop repeating what you saw on SA, because that's mostly just scapegoating for normal product failures, though I'm sure there's an exception or two. Also, any problems are taken care of by Applecare, especially when it's their fault. Kegwen fucked around with this message on 01-12-2006 at 07:08 PM.
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Kegwen thought this was the Ricky Martin Fan Club Forum and wrote:
Stop repeating what you saw on SA, because that's mostly just scapegoating for normal product failures, though I'm sure there's an exception or two. Also, any problems are taken care of by Applecare, especially when it's their fault.
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I will admit the RevA iMac was a pretty shitty ordeal, but that's pretty much it
