[Karen Yarosky]

Thanks so much for your info – excuse my ignorance – but when you say 1 gig is the minimum .. the minimum for what?

[Karen Yarosky]

I have been struggling with the decision on what to buy to start editing an indie doc I am making and this forum seems to be the light at the end of the tunnel. I do not think I will be doing any fancy graphics but want to buy a machine that will work efficiently and not choke on my material. I have been talking with many editors, Apple retailers and post production folks and everyone has a different answer for me. Basically my question is this: Will this iMac be powerful enough for me: (21,5 inch iMac) 3.1GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz , 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM – 2X8GB , 256GB Flash Storage , NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1GB GDDR5 OR do I really need to boost up to a stronger graphics card and buy the 27″ retina iMac: 4.0GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.4GHz , 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM – 2x8GB , 256GB Flash Storage , AMD Radeon R9 M290X 2GB GDDR5. I actually do not care about the retina screen but you are forced to buy this if you want i7 (otherwise you only get i5). Do you think NVIDIA 1GB will do the trick? Cutting on Premiere Pro …. Thanks …