On Jun 13, 2011, at 10:30 AM, S T wrote: > My questions are basically how can I get the most out of this system?
About the only upgrade left would be to get a SATA card and toss in larger, faster internal drives. > I > want to geet back into video production work like I ws doing with my Amiga > suite of systems, but that had specialized hardware that isn't available for > teh MAc. Mainly, I don't think NewTek ever put out a Video Toaster card for > the Mac. it's a 4-bank video switcher on a single card. But we'll get to > that later. Bluntly, if your goal is to 'get back into video production work' akin to what you used to do with Video Toaster, you need to leave the PPC behind. The upgrades you've done will get the most out of that system, but there's a reason Power Macs of that vintage are going for so little money these days. G5's are going for $250-$300 on the swap list, and they're more capable still. What you have was top-of-the-line....back in the 1990's, but even a base model Mini or MacBook outdoes it today in all aspects, except the display on the Macbook, and would only require an external monitor for it to beat it there, too. It's a useful system for a lot of stuff; you could easily run older versions of Premiere, Final Cut pro or iMovie on it, albeit slooowly, it's a capable photoshop machine, perfectly viable as web/email/word processing/etc etc stuff, would make a fine web server, database server or other such system. All the pro stuff people were doing with top-of-the-line Macs....a decade ago. But doing something CPU/RAM/Video intensive like pro or semi-pro video editing, you'll be better served moving up to the newer generation Intel Macs. And WinXP in VPC?? I'd rather just beat my head in with a rock, compared to the advantages of simply using VM software like VirtualBox on an Intel Mac. Tai Chi computing is not all it's cracked up to be... -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
