Jeez, will you all stop sitting on the fence and just give me your opinion? ;)
I hear you about OSX. So easy and intuitive compared to XP, especially things like networking.
Thanks for the info altitudems - so a FW800 drive will be good enough for HD video editing? I don't need to go with a performance striped raid array of SATAs? I was surprised that HD footage played well on my friend's, seeing as the drive is only a 2.5inch 5400rpm model - and the larger option drive is a 4200rpm. Am I right in thinking that video editing might be a bit rough on the main hard drive and that I should use a separate AV drive?
Also, are there any particular external hard drives that work very well with the mac? I'm fairly partial to Maxtor Onetouch myself.
I'm pretty much sold... and seeing as I doubt we'll see a price drop in January, my credit card is already getting pre-Xmas itchy... although I'll hold a few days at least to see if anyone's got a strong opinion the other way (aside from price).
I hear you about OSX. So easy and intuitive compared to XP, especially things like networking.
Thanks for the info altitudems - so a FW800 drive will be good enough for HD video editing? I don't need to go with a performance striped raid array of SATAs? I was surprised that HD footage played well on my friend's, seeing as the drive is only a 2.5inch 5400rpm model - and the larger option drive is a 4200rpm. Am I right in thinking that video editing might be a bit rough on the main hard drive and that I should use a separate AV drive?
Also, are there any particular external hard drives that work very well with the mac? I'm fairly partial to Maxtor Onetouch myself.
I'm pretty much sold... and seeing as I doubt we'll see a price drop in January, my credit card is already getting pre-Xmas itchy... although I'll hold a few days at least to see if anyone's got a strong opinion the other way (aside from price).