Advice needed for Imac.

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  1. mothergoose45, Mar 29, 2007

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    Hi all. I am waiting for the new revision of the 24" Imac. I have been waiting since December when I got a $1900 Apple gift card. I have a couple questions.

    I will be using this for mainly editing recordings from a HD camcorder, Itunes, and burning DVDs, Garageband and such. Is there something I need to upgrade or a minimum amount of something I need for this? Looking forward to the new look of the Imac, really wanting a Blu-ray burner.
     
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  2. ebouwman, Mar 29, 2007

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    a friend of mine is convinced that HD DVD's will beat Blu-Ray because sony won't allow adult films on Blu-Ray:p
     
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  3. oliverlubin, Mar 29, 2007

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    2GB RAM minimum.

    Upgrade HD to 500GB and buy an external FW/USB2 drive to use with Time Machine when 10.5 comes out.

    And upgrade the 256mb video card if it's not standard on the 24" model when they revise it.
     
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  4. blurb23, Mar 29, 2007

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    You'd definitely want RAM. I'd say at least 2GB.
     
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  5. ebouwman, Mar 29, 2007

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    if you are editing using final cut studio you want 2G minimum for it to run Motion, if your using final cut you might want more than 2G, and a nice graphics card is allways nice, as said before
     
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  6. FocusAndEarnIt, Mar 29, 2007

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    2GB RAM will be perfectly fine for you.

    Other than that, you're set! :)
     
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