Refurbished ?

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garylloyd

I've got $1000 to spend on a laptop. I'll be doing heavy video editing so I'm thinking best bang for my buck is a refurbished mac.

Here's what I've found so far:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC700LL/A#overview

Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.3GHz dual-core Intel i5
Originally released February 2011
13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1280-by-800 resolution
4GB (2 x 2GB) of 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM
320GB Serial ATA @ 5400 rpm
8x double-layer SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM


Should I buy it?

Then again, should I get a windows machine?
 
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Those are the exact Macs I got my kids for xmas this year. They're beautiful -- but not particularly powerful CPU wise -- which is always the objective in video. Pricey also.
First thing, decide on a NLE, it wouldn't make sense to have a PC and MAC if you plan to use both for editing. Go with one or the other if you want to make life easier on yourself.
 
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brianluce said:
Those are the exact Macs I got my kids for xmas this year. They're beautiful -- but not particularly powerful CPU wise -- which is always the objective in video. Pricey also.
First thing, decide on a NLE, it wouldn't make sense to have a PC and MAC if you plan to use both for editing. Go with one or the other if you want to make life easier on yourself.
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Walmart has some nice packages, some pretty cheap.

I was in there today and was tempted to get a $659 package.

Think it would hack it?

ZT Systems 7645Mi Desktop PC with Intel Core i5-2320 Processor, 16GB Memory, 2TB Hard Drive and Windows 7 Home Premium (Monitor Not Included)

http://www.walmart.com/ip/ZT-System...onitor-Not-Included/17615967?findingMethod=rr
 
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YES, Id say the Wallyworld puter would work however you would prolly want to add a better video card and prolly another HDD so you can keep data on a big HDD and system files etc on the original HDD.
 
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IndieBudget said:
YES, Id say the Wallyworld puter would work however you would prolly want to add a better video card and prolly another HDD so you can keep data on a big HDD and system files etc on the original HDD.
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This is always what's recommended. Put your software on one drive and video files on a separate dedicated drive. So that Wall Mart system, though it looks good, has a huge drive and you won't need that if you plan to use it only for software.
Dell Outlet is a good option. I got mine there. I think this one is more powerful than the wallmart's:
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnline...x?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh&brandid=2202&fid=2788
 
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