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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

Off the top of my head, I would figure your drive IO (speed and bus of the
hard drives) is your bottleneck for video, though a slow processor and
limited RAM don't help.

For Photoshop, faster processor(s) and more RAM should speed things up. I
would look at the Dual 2.0GHz G5 with 2GB of RAM. Don't forget a 23" LCD
display. If you haven't seen it, the 30" LCD is very impressive ;-)

There is a dual 1.8GHz to fall back to in case budget is an issue (it has a
slower bus, and will only access 4GB instead of 8GB of RAM).

Personally, I am still chugging along on my 1.25GHz PowerBook, though I
don't do any video (what I do I do with my dual 500MHz G4 tower which has
faster drives and more RAM), and my Photoshop work is only at web (screen)
resolutions.

For me, mobility is very important--I take my PowerBook home with me every
night, and to most any client meeting I go to, in case I need to demo
something. Unfortunately, G5 PowerBooks are still off in the future.

If you are coming over Saturday night, leave a little earlier and stop at
the Apple Store on the way over.

David

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On 1/25/05 4:19 PM, "Deborah Ellington" <deborah AT invincigirl.com> wrote:

> Following up on Tom's post...
> 
> I'm ordering a new computer for my new job. I can ask for whatever I would
> like. Doesn't mean I will get it, but the odds are good. Currently I have a
> G4 Powerbook with an 800 MHz processor and 1 GB SDRAM. It seems to work fine
> but it gets a little bogged down sometimes when I am trying to edit video. I
> wish it would be a little snappier on that score. But I don't know gigahertz
> from whatever so I don't know which number should be higher in order to get
> better video editing performance. I guess it would also be nice if Photoshop
> rendered a little faster when I am doing some mega-filter thing.
> 
> My other issue is I don't know that I really need a Powerbook. Can't I get
> more performance for less cost by going to a G5 tower? In my entire
> employment here I think the Powerbook has left my desk maybe three times. It
> is always connected to an external monitor on my desk. If I REALLY needed to
> take a Powerbook somewhere I guess I could just bring my personal Powerbook
> from home. So I'm leaning towards the tower.
> 
> What would y'all do?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Deborah Ellington
> 
> 
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