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<blockquote data-quote="xstep" data-source="post: 291081" data-attributes="member: 11647"><p>As I'm sure your know, with any computer purchase, you need to define what your needs are.</p><p></p><p>The Macbook may be fine for you if you don't <em>require</em> the performance of a didicated video card. iMovie and Final Cut Express will work fine on that machine. The OS has many hooks that take advantage of the dedicated graphics chips, but doesn't require it. Of course games always do better with dedicated graphics chips.</p><p></p><p>Unless you have access to a video camera that requires Firewire 800, Firewire 400 will be perfectly fine. Not all consumer video cameras come with Firewire, so check, because OS X right now does not like the USB2 only cameras. There are more hard drive enclosures with FW800 now too, but try to find out if the performance is really there.</p><p></p><p>I consider the newer laptops with the Core 2 Duo chips to be the second generation of the Apple Intel laptops. They came out recently.</p><p></p><p>Since the Macworld show is so close and you seem to have time, wait until after the keynote speech.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xstep, post: 291081, member: 11647"] As I'm sure your know, with any computer purchase, you need to define what your needs are. The Macbook may be fine for you if you don't [I]require[/I] the performance of a didicated video card. iMovie and Final Cut Express will work fine on that machine. The OS has many hooks that take advantage of the dedicated graphics chips, but doesn't require it. Of course games always do better with dedicated graphics chips. Unless you have access to a video camera that requires Firewire 800, Firewire 400 will be perfectly fine. Not all consumer video cameras come with Firewire, so check, because OS X right now does not like the USB2 only cameras. There are more hard drive enclosures with FW800 now too, but try to find out if the performance is really there. I consider the newer laptops with the Core 2 Duo chips to be the second generation of the Apple Intel laptops. They came out recently. Since the Macworld show is so close and you seem to have time, wait until after the keynote speech. [/QUOTE]
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