Well Anne, That all depends on what version of iLife you're running.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/systemrequirements.html Note the quoted minimum speed applies only to iDVD, not the full suite. Ward On Aug 2, 2007, at 5:53 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > I think my problem may be due to lack of HD space like Leeanne > mentioned. While I said I had a lot of space that's actually on the > external HD> I thought I had moved enough to free up plenty on the > computer but it is still below 20 GB. I am going to move more and > see if > that helps. > > The symptoms: I get what looks static, black up and down lines instead > of the movie. And iMovie sort of freezes. At least if it's not > frozen, I > don't have the time to wait to see what happens and quit. > > Let me see after I open up some more space. If iMovie runs on a 450 > MHz > G$ it should run on mine. My main concern was that the person at Apple > said that my machine was just barely fast enough for iLife and > suggested > I buy a new machine. What else should I have expected! > > Thanks > > Anne > > > Lee Larson wrote: >> On Aug 1, at 10:44 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: >> >>> I have an 800 MHz iMac Power PC G4 running Mac OS X 10.4.10 with 1GB >>> SDRAM and am having trouble getting iMovie to work. I wonder if the >>> problem is the speed of my Mac? Is anyone using iMovie >>> successfully with >>> such a set-up? >> >> Cn you be more specific about the symptoms? >> >> My daughter runs iMovie quite often on a 450 MHz G4 Cube with 1 GB of >> RAM. It isn't very quick, but it eventually gets her there. > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be September 25 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
