Hello John Got A New iMac - Page 3

**HugoHackenbush** · January 27th, 2011, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by blondifan

Windows Movie Maker

I don't think this has ever worked properly from day one, like just about every other programme on my pc.
This is my fourth. I'm hard pressed to think of a single programme that does function properly.
Fair enough, the software is generally not from microsoft, but then isn't that the problem?

To be fair Blondifan, video editing requires lots and lots of memory as well as disk space. I never used MS Movie Maker, but I did use Pinnacle Studio which itself was prone to crashes and lockups, and was very slow on rendering/burn. But here again I started using iMovie/iDVD on the Mac., and while it is not as easy to use with precision as the other software, it has never locked up or crashed, and was light years faster on rendering/ burn.

falcon · March 13th, 2011, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by monogroover

That's certainly not what I found. The lab I worked for had about 25 iMac G5s and a few (so-called) PowerMac G5s when I joined. By the time I left less than 3.5 years later, I'd had about 20 of those taken away for recycling due to hardware faults that weren't economic to repair.

I celebrated getting rid of every one of them, so in my case that wasn't so bad. Probably wouldn't feel the same if I'd paid for them.

You don't say what they were replaced with!

jehuty34 · October 4th, 2019, 03:06 PM

Was looking at a new pc.
https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/P...pt=ABU&sel=DTP
Any thoughts? Got a bonus coming later this month. Time to get rid of my old dell windows 7. Was looking at a mac but can't really justify spending that amount of money for what I want to use it for.

sdsioux · October 4th, 2019, 03:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jehuty34

Was looking at a new pc.
https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/P...pt=ABU&sel=DTP
Any thoughts? Got a bonus coming later this month. Time to get rid of my old dell windows 7. Was looking at a mac but can't really justify spending that amount of money for what I want to use it for.

I am looking too. MAC is too much money for me. I have a Dell w/W7.

**Baresfan** · October 5th, 2019, 03:45 PM

Consistently excellent and stable machines that run on Unix. Save some money by buying a certified refurbished machine from Apple directly from their website. Same warranty as a brand-new machine. Spend to get a big internal drive and a fast processor - adding more memory is simple and inexpensively done on your own.

jehuty34 · October 5th, 2019, 04:57 PM

Even a refurbished Mac you're still looking at near £1000 which is close to full retail price. Not really worth it really when all I'm going to do is browse the web basically.

Estreeter · October 6th, 2019, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jehuty34

Even a refurbished Mac you're still looking at near £1000 which is close to full retail price. Not really worth it really when all I'm going to do is browse the web basically.

If you don't get a Mac, well I'll ban ya from VEF

In the long run they are worth it

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October 4th, 2019, 03:06 PM	#23
jehuty34 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Somewhere in the deepest corners of my mind. Posts: 235 Thanks: 12,155 Thanked 3,090 Times in 226 Posts	Was looking at a new pc. https://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/P...pt=ABU&sel=DTP Any thoughts? Got a bonus coming later this month. Time to get rid of my old dell windows 7. Was looking at a mac but can't really justify spending that amount of money for what I want to use it for. __________________ There is no spoon.

October 5th, 2019, 04:57 PM	#26
jehuty34 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Somewhere in the deepest corners of my mind. Posts: 235 Thanks: 12,155 Thanked 3,090 Times in 226 Posts	Even a refurbished Mac you're still looking at near £1000 which is close to full retail price. Not really worth it really when all I'm going to do is browse the web basically. __________________ There is no spoon.

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October 5th, 2019, 03:45 PM	#25
Baresfan Vintage Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,060 Thanks: 2,313 Thanked 14,181 Times in 1,013 Posts	Consistently excellent and stable machines that run on Unix. Save some money by buying a certified refurbished machine from Apple directly from their website. Same warranty as a brand-new machine. Spend to get a big internal drive and a fast processor - adding more memory is simple and inexpensively done on your own.