Greetings from Switzerland.
My laptop (old Dell) is knackered and needs replacing. I basically use it for the internet and editing photos with Picasa. My wife has a basic Macbook and LOVES it.
We don't really need the portability of another laptop but do need another personal computer (wife doesn't let me touch the Macbook). I saw a 24" IMAC coming through the airport recently which looked fabulous. I loved the big screen.
We're planning to get a video camera for the ski season and so want to use the computer to store and edit video.
3 Questions:
For Internet (including online TV), photo editing and video storage and editing is the basic 24" IMAC sufficient or is it worth getting the higher spec model with 2.8Ghz, 2GB, 500GB ($2750) vs 2.4Ghz, 1GB, 320GB ($2150) or even further upgrading the memory or hard drive further ?
The wireless router provided by my broadband provider doesn't support 802.11n. Does this make much difference to the transfer rate ie is it worth buying the Apple wireless router?
Does the Apple software support an HD Video Camera ie can we edit and burn DVD's in HD or would we need to get a non HD Video Camera?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Bob
My laptop (old Dell) is knackered and needs replacing. I basically use it for the internet and editing photos with Picasa. My wife has a basic Macbook and LOVES it.
We don't really need the portability of another laptop but do need another personal computer (wife doesn't let me touch the Macbook). I saw a 24" IMAC coming through the airport recently which looked fabulous. I loved the big screen.
We're planning to get a video camera for the ski season and so want to use the computer to store and edit video.
3 Questions:
For Internet (including online TV), photo editing and video storage and editing is the basic 24" IMAC sufficient or is it worth getting the higher spec model with 2.8Ghz, 2GB, 500GB ($2750) vs 2.4Ghz, 1GB, 320GB ($2150) or even further upgrading the memory or hard drive further ?
The wireless router provided by my broadband provider doesn't support 802.11n. Does this make much difference to the transfer rate ie is it worth buying the Apple wireless router?
Does the Apple software support an HD Video Camera ie can we edit and burn DVD's in HD or would we need to get a non HD Video Camera?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Bob