07-22-2005, 04:25 PM

soo, i got a new job
producer/director at a local production company....
and i talked them into getting a mac
so there basicly buying me one to use up here at work
this isnt the biggest place so we dont have tons of money around, so my boss isnt wanting to spend to much
on to the real question....
the system will probly be bought over ebay
ive seen quite a few dual 1.8 for cheap and a few dual 2+
i was originaly looking for a dual 2...
but would i notice much of a differenct on a dual 1.8?
itl be used basicly from 10 to 7 each day....
editing, compositing, photoshoping and so on......

please, i know theres someone out there that knows more about this then me

07-22-2005, 04:50 PM

I'd go for a dual 1,8... you'll really notice the dual proc's, but not much of a difference between 1,8 + 2Ghz.

To save a bit, get a 23" dell display instead of the 23" apple one.. (around half the price and almost just as good).

Take the software prices into account though as well! (Final Cut & Photoshop aren't exactly cheap either...)

And don't skimp on the RAM. 1GB is minimum.

07-22-2005, 04:59 PM

aagreed. Or, get dual monitors. just some cheap CRTs, thats what i use.

its pretty terrible with the stock 256MB ram. you up it to 1.25gb or more, ull love it

07-23-2005, 02:30 AM

hmmm yeah i never asked anything about monitors.. i dont know what brought that up....... and yeah i know about ram, all i wanted to know about was the processor speed difference
thanks

07-23-2005, 03:06 AM

i brought that up, because id like to do what you do for a job lol.

pretty much, im a community college student, they dont even teach classes they have the cool software for. Ive used FCP, PS, AEFX, quite a bit, and the dual always helped me

I had dual monitors on the PC world because im visually impaired, and when i movoed over to mac, i realized how nice it is. Put preview full screen on one monitor, work FCP in one, AE in the other..its like a must have, once you get used to it, your work speed just goes so much faster. Ive had tripple, but thats 1. CONFUSING and 2. only for strict deadlines, and when i have access to my old dual PCs to use as a farm.

Ive currentlyl got a 20" trinitron flat CRT as my main, and a cheapo dell 17" CRT as secondary...although i garbage picked the 20 :-)