mac g4 question here

[So Many Deeds]

hello.

i'm currently a film student in nyc. i've been working with macs for a few years now, but i personally own a pc.. i would like to purchase a mac very soon so i will be able to edit my work here at home. however, do to my full time school schedule, i dont have time to get a decent job to pay for one.

i dont have nearly enough saved up, and in order to pay monthly for the 20 inch i-mac i prefer, i would need a credit card but do my lack of employment; i dont approve..

anyway, the reason i am posting is because i would like to know if anyone knows if a desktop mac g4 is good enough for me to use just for final cut pro to edit. im sure it could hold the program, but will the computer be able to hold alot of footage and whatever else?

i know about film and editing, but when it comes to computers, i'm no scientist heh..the reason i ask is because i got a good offer on one recently, and the old tv studio i did video editing work in, had g4 computers. they serverd the purpose but they also all had external hard drives attached.

so all i really need to know are the possibilities of the g4 ON ITS OWN, taking care of the jobs i need to do. i would most likely need an external though ey?

thank you.

 

[alexandergre]

i also make films and stuff like the amazing final cut program but i dont have a Mac since I work in the studio. I also want to but a Mac.

a G4 is good for you. but if you are going to work on large projects then you should have a better Mac.

but cant you just wait and save you money to but a perfects Mac?
good link.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...e.woa/wa/RSLID?mco=245F1283&nclm=CertifiedMac

 

[spacedude89]

As much as this may be hearsay in the film editing circles, You could probley spend the same amount of money and get a better performing windows computer. Alot of times the macs are overpriced.

If your hard set on a Mac, It would be good to get an idea of the specifications on those, I know the older one I have is pretty slow. But some of the later, Dual Processor ones are probley pretty fast still.

You want to check for processor speed and number (one or two), Ram amount, Hard drive space.

 

[The_Other_One]

* Macintosh computer with 867MHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo processor, or Intel Xeon processor
* HD features require 1GHz or faster single or dual processors (authoring HD DVDs requires a PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo processor, or Intel Xeon processor)
* 512MB of RAM; 1GB of RAM for HD features (2GB recommended)
* Display with 1024-by-768 (or higher) resolution
...

So yes, it'll run it as long as the G4's fast enough.

 

[alexandergre]

You could probley spend the same amount of money and get a better performing windows computer. Alot of times the macs are overpriced.
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he is a Finalcut user so he must buy a Mac.