Which to get?

I'm going into the field of movie editing, directing things like that for one of my classes. My new school is a Mac-based school meaning they strictly run Mac systems which I am happy about. I want to get away from this PC filth before Vista releases.

My question is, what Mac will do a great job for no more than $1200? For now I can just use iMovie and wait until I get the money for Final Cut Express.


Thanks.


Well, uh, nevermind. Since I'm a student I didn't look at the Educational part of Apples website. There I found the iMac for $899. Thats amazing. But I see it only says College and University students or K12 authorized purchasers or Staff members.

So, how can I have my parents buy it?

please do not double post. You already asked how to get one in another thread.

i would call the school that you are in or are going to be in and ask them questions such as this one because they know their curriculum and what you are going to need.

also, they probably have rooms full of macs that you can use for editing with software on them while you figure out which one you want