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JBMB
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Join Date: Jan 2005
 
2005-01-14, 00:15

I'm new to mac and looking to get a machine that I can do some FCP video editing on. I'm thinking laptop right now, but having trouble deciding which one to get. I was leaning towards the PB 12-inch (PB 15-inch is very unfortunately out of my price range) but was a little unhappy with the screen size so took a glimpse at the i-book line. It seems that I can get the high end 14-inch ibook with all the same specs as the PB 12 (G4 1.33, superdrive, same resolution) and even upgrade to 768 MB RAM and 80 GB...not to mention the bigger screen... for cheaper than the PB. The only difference as far as I can tell is the videocard--the PB has a slightly better one. My question is, will this machine as described above be as powerful as a PB 12? Will it be able to handle the video editing? What would you recommend? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

---Also, is the apple store the best place to buy a mac?---
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