what kind of upgrade/update do i need?

hi all,

i have a Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4 with 2MB L3 cache per processor with 768 MB DDR SDRAM that is running on OS X 10.3.9

i need to do some very basic video editing in 16 x 9 aspect ratio and unfortunately the iMovie 3.0.3 that came with my system does not support 16 x 9 aspect ratio.

i do plan to pick up some SDRAM to beef up to at least 2 GB.

but what software upgrade/update do i need to carry out this task?

i was going to update my OS to leopard and then get iLife 08 since it comes with iMovie HD 08 but then i read the fine print and it states that i would need intel processor in order to run iMovie HD 08.

what OS and which version of iMovie HD can i get with the system that i have?

thanks,
s

This Apple page tells you.

Go for it. The 1.25DP will be just fine.

Max out the RAM in your G4 to 2GB and go the Leopard route as your machine will handle it nicely. Perhaps a faster video card such as an ATI Radeon 9800 will also help.

You need iMovie HD 5 or 6. I have heard that buyers of iLife 08 can download iMovie HD 6 for free (iMovie 8 was a completely new program, which was a downgrade in many features and seemed to be more suitable for creating short youTube movies, which many users complained about). I don't know how you would go about downloading iMovie 6, so simplify things, try to just get iLife '06.