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Hi, I'm a long time PC user, looking to make the jump to mac as the whole apple thing seems more in tune with my needs.
My PC is on it's last legs so I am looking to replace it soon. Now seems the time to make the jump to a mac.
I need some pointers to help me choose.
I don't want an awful lot out of the computer really - email, web, word processing, web design, digital photo stuff (basic, pretty much just tidying them up and printing them or publishing to web).
Also got a DV camera for Christmas and want to get into a bit of editing.
Not bothered about playing games, I haven't got the time.
SO I want a mac. I'd love the 24" imac but it's a bit beyond my budget.
Compromise would be the 20" but that would take a bit of saving for me.
I am just wondering if the mac mini would be good to get me going.
I note it can't burn DVD's so I'd need to get a USB DVD drive to burn them so that is a straight minus point.
In terms of processing and editing and rendering digital video how capable is the mini?
I currently have to burn DV on my mums PC which is about 2 years old and if I am burning a DVD I would have to leave it chugging away for about an hour while it prepared 10 minutes of DV before it burnt it.
Am also wanting to convert a load of old VHS tapes so would need it to handle having tapes played to it, possibly while doing other stuff like web browsing.
Am I asking too much of the mini or should I jump to something bigger?
My PC is on it's last legs so I am looking to replace it soon. Now seems the time to make the jump to a mac.
I need some pointers to help me choose.
I don't want an awful lot out of the computer really - email, web, word processing, web design, digital photo stuff (basic, pretty much just tidying them up and printing them or publishing to web).
Also got a DV camera for Christmas and want to get into a bit of editing.
Not bothered about playing games, I haven't got the time.
SO I want a mac. I'd love the 24" imac but it's a bit beyond my budget.
Compromise would be the 20" but that would take a bit of saving for me.
I am just wondering if the mac mini would be good to get me going.
I note it can't burn DVD's so I'd need to get a USB DVD drive to burn them so that is a straight minus point.
In terms of processing and editing and rendering digital video how capable is the mini?
I currently have to burn DV on my mums PC which is about 2 years old and if I am burning a DVD I would have to leave it chugging away for about an hour while it prepared 10 minutes of DV before it burnt it.
Am also wanting to convert a load of old VHS tapes so would need it to handle having tapes played to it, possibly while doing other stuff like web browsing.
Am I asking too much of the mini or should I jump to something bigger?