cult of mac?

[mimesere]

Just got my tax refund. Boggled at it briefly and then went, WOO ROCK BAND COMPUTER!

y'all, macbook pros are HELLACIOUSLY EXPENSIVE.

*hyperventilates* I can't spend that much on a computer. I can't.

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[callmesandy.livejournal.com]

buy a computer! it's an INVESTMENT! :)

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Hee hee. I knooooow. I totally need a new one, too. But they're REALLY EXPENSIVE.

[bexone.livejournal.com]

but macbook pros are AWESOME.

...although, is there a reason you need the pro instead of the regular? (she asks from her sweet white macbook.)

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Bigger screen, mostly :) More processing power. Same old song and dance. I want to vid!

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

It's entirely possible to get a cheap, refurbished Mac that's only a year or so old. You can search here for the model/specs you like the look of, and then hit the Apple store or MacMall and search under "refurbished". You can find great deals that way.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

I would totally do that, but I am all grabbyhanded and want it in my hands, so I was going to go to the apple store :)

Unless I balk entirely and flee back to Windows which is possible, though highly unlikely.

[zvi-likes-tv.livejournal.com]

Get a PC and but Ubuntu Studio or dynebolic on it?

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Do eeet!

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Hee. I have an actual serious question for you regarding system specs!

Because, see, I know what is and isn't workable for vidding on a PC -- especially after Vista, which is such a resource hog that it needs a gig of ram to run it -- but I'm not sure how OSX works or how different the system requirements for Final Cut are vs Premiere or stuff like that. The MacBook that I want comes standard with 2 gigs of ram and obviously I can get them to install more, but is that...I don't even know. Is that enough? It's the 2.6 gHz dual core pentium processors but I don't know what that means in a Mac. So it's, yeah, anywhere from 2.4 to 2.6 gHz, dual core pentium processors with 2 gbs of ram standard.

So I am also just kind of flaily in terms of will that be okay? It looks okay, but many things look okay in-store that will fail once I get them home.

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

2 GB RAM is plenty for Final Cut, and the latest version of Final Cut Pro is designed for any of the pentium processors available now, but in fact you can do it with less. I'm running the latest version of Final Cut Studio, and I have only 1.25 GB RAM and a 4-year-old iMac without an Intel chip or dual processors or anything. I have a PowerPC G4, 1.25GHz. It's a bit balky running Motion, but Final Cut Pro runs fine, as does everything else.

Macs are a lot more forgiving, in general, than PCs, and you can do more with less. That's one reason why they're worth the initial investment.

Get as much as you can afford, of course, as is always the rule. But you need have no fear with any of the specs you mention. If you have questions, ask the tech guys at the Apple store -- they're great.

[vampyreranger.livejournal.com]

Yay for big returns!

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

I pay extra (like, $20/week) into my taxes so I can get a big return like that. It's always nice come spring to see it :)

[latxcvi.livejournal.com]

Well, you know a good computer is an investment (more or less), so all I'd say is that if you do? Go ahead and splurge on the best warranty/replacement plan you can get. In for a penny and all that. It'll give you peace of mind that even if you drop a lot of money for the computer, you're not going to have to worry about dropping it again, if, god forbid, something goes wrong.

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Right. No, I am totally opting for the warranty stuff this time around. My Dell lasted me *forever* but if I'd had the warranty, I could maybe have gotten the bizarre disappearing ram problem fixed. Meh.

But yes! New computer. Hoorah.

[halfacork.livejournal.com]

Seriously, you can!

[mimesere.livejournal.com]

Hee! *adores*