fs/ft: PC; want to get a mac

Strobe Media

Strobe Media

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I want to switch from PC to mac and don't really want to spend any money switching, so i'm offering my computer for a mac, or i might sell it for the right price. Here's the specs

HP M8100n
AMD Athlon 5600+ 2.81ghz 64x2 Dual Core processor
3gb DDR2 Ram
500gb hard drive
GeForce 9800+ Video card

Amazon has this computer for $1,099, and i upgraded the video card a month ago, I'm looking to get somewhere around $1200 for it, or if you have a mac to trade we can work something out.

I need something strong enough to edit HD!

call or text me anytime

717-877-0372
 
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for what its worth. you can edit HD from a HVX/HPX (dvcproHD) on an older mac. in fact until about 3 months ago i used a 5 year old 17" mac powerbook in the field and it worked fine. rendering sucked speed-wise. but it was just fine for general editing. and you can pick one of those up for like $400. now i wouldnt advise that. im jut trying to illustrate that you dont need a state of the art mac... i sold my dual G5 2.0 and quad G5 2.5 about 2 months back for $850 and $1300 respectively and they were both chewing on HD the day before they sold.
 
ditto. a quad g5 is only slightly slower than the newer intel macs. i sold my quad 2.5ghz g5 and bought my 8 core 2.8 mac pro. i was disappointed that the speed increase was minimal considering the cash i paid. the only snag you may encounter is with RED footage. pretty much all of the RED software needs an intel mac.
 
there are actually a handful of things that require an intel mac. like the new version of aftereffects. which coincidentally was the reason behind my recent intel mac purchase ; )
 
sorry, that ^^^ seems like a downgrade, I have an HMC150, so i'll be transcoding AVCHD to work with, no SD.
 
i know you are looking for a tower but fyi, apple has refurb macbook pro's for $1350 right now. they also have a slightly faster one with double the v-ram for $1500. i just snagged one of them.
 
I'd definitely consider the new Mac Pros if you're going the Apple route. The new Nehalem (aka Core i7) processors excel at media-related processing. Quick benchmark:

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3448&p=18

Also, I'll be brutally honest with you: I'm not sure if you can expect to get that price for your current system, at least not on tech-savvy boards like these. Consider that you can probably build a good quad-core system right now with a 4870x2 for about $1100, maybe less. (Here's an example of another system in your price range: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-2-overclock,2146.html) But, maybe you'll have more luck on eBay and such?

Good luck in your quest.
 
Strobe Media said:
no sorry, that thing doesn't look at all like it could handle video let alone AVCHD
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It was the Bomb 10 years ago, when they taught me to edit with Premiere.

Ok, so it was really a dud, even back then... which is why I did my assignments at home on my 286 PC. But, can you blame me for trying?


:)
 
Capt Quirk said:
It was the Bomb 10 years ago, when they taught me to edit with Premiere.

Ok, so it was really a dud, even back then... which is why I did my assignments at home on my 286 PC. But, can you blame me for trying?


:)
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i just sold my grape imac at my yard sale for $20. sat there for 2 days at that price. to think that back in the day i probably paid $1000 for it. now almost worthless....

the good news is, one day you will be able to buy an hvx for $20. of course, by that time basic cable will be broadcasting in 4k so the hvx will only be good for youtube.....
 
I bought mine for maybe $40, and use it for the kids to surf on. I was feeling nostalgic when I saw it. I'm just glad I don't get nostalgic very often.
 
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