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Re: Tech question
by Brendan Coots on Dec 27, 2007 at 11:26:10 pm

The power this machine offers should be fine for most jobs. As Darby mentioned, get CS3 before buying an Intel Mac but other than that you should be fine.

I personally don't like the iMacs because:

- It locks you into one monitor for good. Want bigger? Too bad. Have some bad pixels? Too bad. Monitor dies? Too bad.

- Upgrade options are slim. Can't upgrade video card etc. since they are part of the motherboard. As a result, you will be permanently stuck at the 2007 level of technology. Also, if the video card/GPU dies, you have to replace the entire motherboard at considerable cost. Also, the iMacs only support as much RAM as the macbooks (4GB). Given that AE and most video apps need as much RAM as possible, this could end up holding you back, and it will definitely prevent you from taking full advantage of the new multi-core processing features in After Effects CS3.

- Virtually no add-on potential, such as a Blackmagic card for video monitoring.


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