Nick Westbridge
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Excellent news, thanks. I’m also hoping these iMacs will have a decent resale value. I only really plan on keeping it for a couple years at most.
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Yeah, I’ve really come to like the dual-monitors I use with Premiere right now. I’ve also heard about a tweak to cause the iMac to be dual screen capable, but I heard that it certainly wasn’t recommended on the original release (I seem to recall it had something to do with the video cards used – maybe that is no longer an issue with the new generation cards).
Just out of curiosity, can the iMac display simple transitions in FCP in real-time? I’m not really talking lots of layers of video, just simple transitions and text on one or two layers of video? If it does need to render, how are the render times? My PC notebook can do real-time cross-dissolves, etc with little to no problem, so I’m guessing an iMac would probably perform similarly.
Thanks!
Nick
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Thanks for the info Mitch. My only problem is that I’m in Canada and I’m not sure how much duty, shipping and added Canadian sales tax might be. Already that $1299 model is nearly $1600CDN. I will look in to it though, you never know.
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Thanks for the info Walter, it’s much appreciated. Yeah, I’m mostly just interested in learning how Motion works so I can add it to my list of skills. I certainly won’t be relying on it for any of the projects that I’ll do.
I think my mind is made up then, and iMac it is. I’m just going to wait until next week to see if Apple drops new Powermacs (I’ve heard some rumours growing this morning). If they turn out to be incredible, I might reconsider and try to find more $$. If not, I think an iMac is ideal (especially considering the tiny amount of office space my apartment affords right now).
Nick
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I’m not even sure whereabouts to look for refurbished machines in my area. I live up in Vancouver (in Canada). The apple.ca store doesn’t sell refurbs, and I haven’t been able to find a local store with a good deal. Anyone in my area had any luck? Any suggestions at all? 🙂
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Here’s my question. Up until I heard these rumours on Friday, I had decided to purchase a G5 2.7ghz system (probably closer to the end of the summer, when I had enough $ set aside). I currently run Premiere Pro on my PC. It’s certainly not ideal, but the price was right and I didn’t need to purchase any new hardware at the time. I’m starting to take on more advanced projects, and Final Cut is defintely the program I want to run (I’ve used it extensively before, just never owned my own system).
That said, would it be foolish to sink a lot of money into a G5 system in the fall if there’s a chance it’ll be replaced by Apple so soon? I know there are so few details at this point, so answering that might be hard. I think my biggest concern would be resale value. I had always counted on the fact that I could sell any Mac for a decent return down the line. I’m just looking for opinions on whether or not people think that the value of PPC G5s will drop drastically? And how long do you think they’ll continue to be supported? Like I said, I know there are no real answers for these questions right now, I’m just looking for educated opinions from the best bunch of Mac users on the Net. =)