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stick · May 2007

yea, you create a partition on the hard drive, and install it. Really simple. You pick your prefered OS that starts up every time you turn it on, and if you want to use the other, you hold down the apple key and you pick which one you want to boot up.

Whats 12ft long?black and and has four people astride it?

Ben1234 · May 2007

Hmm, So that means having XP 'instead' of the mac version

dont fancy that.

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^^ take it that means no MAC allowed?

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John · May 2007

Id also like to add that trying to edit videos on a laptop doesnt compare to doing it on a full sized computer, Your talking about plugging a bigger screen into it, Youd probs have to add an external harddrive to fit all the footage onto it, Laptop speakers arent up to much so you may have to plug external speakers into it, You need a decent mouse because touchpads arent up to much for draging (imo anyway), Laptops just dont make much sense for what you want to do. Theres no point making it portable when you have to drag the extra crap around with it,

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Big Red S · May 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Ben1234

Hmm, So that means having XP 'instead' of the mac version

dont fancy that.
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No. It means having them both. And when it starts up it asks you whether you'd like to use XP or OSX.

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Ben1234 · May 2007

Well a portable thing for using at parties/out and about etc.

But then a fixed setup at home containing 'moniter, speakers, mouse etc'

But then unplug and take it out you know.

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Big Red S · May 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by stick

I'm typing this on a macbook, and it has the same spec as the one your looking at.
Good points:
It looks stunning ... laptop.
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Really, the only thing you mentioned that you couldn't get with a 'normal' laptop is Front Row.

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Yes, you can emulate XP on it.
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Install, not emulate.

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John · May 2007

Spose that would be ok, Its just when it comes to dragging external hard drives with all the leads and stuff, Your laptop bags going to have to be pretty big.

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stick · May 2007

It means that when you turn it on, you pick one or the other on startup, if you want to switch, you hit restart. You can access the windows files from the MAC side of the partition, it appears as a folder on the desktop. But you cant access mac files from the windows side of the partition.

http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/apple_boot_camp.asp Thats a review of it, it explains it pretty well.

I thought I'd still use windows regularily so I installed it. I've found that I rarely use it anymore now, the only thing I use it for it syncronising my mp3 player which only works with media player 10...

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Ben1234 · May 2007

Ah well thats a great idea.

So i could store all my Videos etc on the Windows side (too edit)

And pictures, music general stuff on the MAC side.

WINDOWS for editing
MAC for messing around/games/msn/net/word processing.

Good idea?

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stick · May 2007

Thats what I'd do in your situation

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s7ick · May 2007

I would have PC..

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Matt · May 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by yeehaamcgee

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http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObjects ... Dr4/1.?p=0
That is what i would be getting.

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What size screen does that have? (I couldn't find it on the link). you will need a fairly large screen for video editing, i wouldn't consider getting a laptop with anything less than a 15.4" screen for video work.

Also, what video editing software do you intend to use on it?
Final cut pro is the mac standard, but on the PC, you have Avid, which is pretty much THE industry standard (but crap in my opinion).
On a PC, you could also get Vegas home studio (or whatever it's called, the cheap version) which is an absolutely stellar package for the price.
Or then there's adobe premiere, or adobe after-effects for, well, effects obviously.

Also, i noticed that you wanted a laptop "for a change".
You WILL get a much more powerful machine for the money if you buy a desktop, and you could upgrade it over time as your needs grow (although upgrading macs is still fairly limited).

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Final Cut Pro is not Mac standard at all, FCP is the top of the range thousands of pounds software. They used it to make Lord of the Rings.

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Big Red S · May 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by s7ick

I would have PC..
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Well, obviously. But one from Apple or MS?

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Ben1234 · May 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Big Red S

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by s7ick

I would have PC..
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Well, obviously. But one from Apple or MS?

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That is the question, i recon a Apple!

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John · May 2007

Im eating an apple right now [:D]

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Ben1234 · May 2007

I wouldn't mind eating one while looking/typing on another.

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Anonymous · May 2007

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Final Cut Pro is not Mac standard at all, FCP is the top of the range thousands of pounds software. They used it to make Lord of the Rings.

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Sorry, i think I should clarify.
FCP is the de-facto standard on apple, if you see what I mean.

In my experience, apple guys get jealous of Avid on PC, and PC users get jealous o fFCP on macs.

Most TV work that i know of is done on hardware-assisted avid systems

But for really really high end stuff, discreet seems the way to go, smoke, combustion etc. offline in FCP or avid, then online using discreet software.

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Anonymous · May 2007

Both.

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I wish i had a V10 · May 2007

there is no great difference...im getting a macbook soon, but only because i cant be bothered to trawl through all the different windows companies offerings and i like the styling of the mac interface. and i dont want vista either, and you cant buy xp anymore.

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