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<blockquote data-quote="Jem" data-source="post: 280498" data-attributes="member: 19842"><p>I've only had a play with iMovie to join together a couple of divx files seamlessly, removing the overlapping frames. It was very nice to work with and you can export the results into iDVD to add menus etc... before burning a full DVD. I guess you'd call it intermediate level in that it can handle most tasks but doesn't make it easy to create a fully customised DVD. I used to have DVD Lab Pro on my old Windows system and it wouldn't be nearly as flexible as that was...</p><p></p><p>I don't think the video restrictions will cause you a problem editing movies - more video RAM is really only a necessity for doing large amounts of 3D and texture mapping, (so mostly games!) but most of the processing in video editing would happen "behind the scenes" and utilise standard RAM.</p><p></p><p>Mac life expectancy is a bit more than PCs, yes. Each version of OS X has been faster than the previous one for the same hardware (something Windows could NEVER claim to be!). Also cos of the "it just works" culture, people do keep their Macs longer as they buy it to do a job and it just continues to do that job perfectly well.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to upgrading, you'll find your 2nd hand Mac is still worth a few pence on eBay as Macs are a better 2nd hand commodity - who wants a PC that some geek has cobbled together from 15 different manufacturers? Who knows what problems you may be inheriting. However, a Mac is a Mac and hence they hold their value better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jem, post: 280498, member: 19842"] I've only had a play with iMovie to join together a couple of divx files seamlessly, removing the overlapping frames. It was very nice to work with and you can export the results into iDVD to add menus etc... before burning a full DVD. I guess you'd call it intermediate level in that it can handle most tasks but doesn't make it easy to create a fully customised DVD. I used to have DVD Lab Pro on my old Windows system and it wouldn't be nearly as flexible as that was... I don't think the video restrictions will cause you a problem editing movies - more video RAM is really only a necessity for doing large amounts of 3D and texture mapping, (so mostly games!) but most of the processing in video editing would happen "behind the scenes" and utilise standard RAM. Mac life expectancy is a bit more than PCs, yes. Each version of OS X has been faster than the previous one for the same hardware (something Windows could NEVER claim to be!). Also cos of the "it just works" culture, people do keep their Macs longer as they buy it to do a job and it just continues to do that job perfectly well. When it comes to upgrading, you'll find your 2nd hand Mac is still worth a few pence on eBay as Macs are a better 2nd hand commodity - who wants a PC that some geek has cobbled together from 15 different manufacturers? Who knows what problems you may be inheriting. However, a Mac is a Mac and hence they hold their value better. [/QUOTE]
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