On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 04:09 PM, Briony Kidd wrote: > I am using an iMac400 (128 RAM and an 80gig firewire hard drive). > I am just about to install 256 more memory, as I obviously won't be > able to > go much further without it . Give it all the memory your budget will handle. There's no such thing as too much memory for video editing. I believe the iMac DV 400 can handle up to 1 GB? Certainly 512 would be a good minimum for video work.
> I am working on a professional project so I really need to set it up as > reliably as I can. Oh, yes, and I am running 9.1 (with FCP2) because > that > was all I have, but can change to 9.2 soon. Would it be significantly > better with a later system??? The "crash resistant" benefits of OS X would make it a strong candidate for a professional project involving video. It's a much more stable OS than any version of 9. Jack Russell -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
