>Professionals were doing video work on computers long before 2.66 gig >speeds were available, but this friend of mine has apparently become >convinced that such speeds are the minimum requirements these days. Of >course, such speeds require the latest machines and big bucks, so she >may be getting this advice from salespeople.
BINGO! That is exactly the case and most any new Mac will do the job just fine. The more important choice is the software and the system integration. With Windows it is entirely possible to spend so much time on trying to get the thing running that the project never gets started. Have her take a look at the new big iMac. A lovely piece of hardware that will work right out of the box. Many Apple stores have evening tutorials on FCP. She should go. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
