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<blockquote data-quote="hughvane" data-source="post: 977527" data-attributes="member: 56231"><p>Mac Pros are awesome machines, but if beyond budget, consider a G5 tower, although it's still PPC.</p><p></p><p>If the software you want to use is aimed at Intel, then consider an iMac. The first Intel ones came out over 3 years ago, so their resale price will have dropped considerably, especially with the headlong rush to the new iMacs.</p><p></p><p>A 20" screen should be sufficient for your video editing, but if not, then consider investing in a large flat panel external monitor.</p><p></p><p>But back to your G4 - if it's the one with which you feel most comfortable, and it's doing the job(s) required of it, then upgrades can be achieved. Whilst you're limited to 1.25 GHz, that can't be changed, you can put multiple large ATA drives inside it, whack the memory up to 2 Gb, and put in a USB2 PCI card. I think too that the graphics card can be upgraded. <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/" target="_blank">Accelerate Your Mac</a> is a good site to use as reference.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hughvane, post: 977527, member: 56231"] Mac Pros are awesome machines, but if beyond budget, consider a G5 tower, although it's still PPC. If the software you want to use is aimed at Intel, then consider an iMac. The first Intel ones came out over 3 years ago, so their resale price will have dropped considerably, especially with the headlong rush to the new iMacs. A 20" screen should be sufficient for your video editing, but if not, then consider investing in a large flat panel external monitor. But back to your G4 - if it's the one with which you feel most comfortable, and it's doing the job(s) required of it, then upgrades can be achieved. Whilst you're limited to 1.25 GHz, that can't be changed, you can put multiple large ATA drives inside it, whack the memory up to 2 Gb, and put in a USB2 PCI card. I think too that the graphics card can be upgraded. [url=http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/]Accelerate Your Mac[/url] is a good site to use as reference. [/QUOTE]
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