New PC Laptop, Ditch The IMac?

[love2skate824]

Hey guys, whats up. Long time no postage. Anyways..

For christmas i got a new toshiba m55 14 widescreen notebook, with 1gb ram, 100gb hdd,pentium m, the works. Im doing most of my work on it now, like word and stuff. I also have 2 other computers, 1 which i share with my brother(desktop-3500 venice, 7800gt, 1gb, etc. gaming pc) and one of those somewhat imacs-with the crazy swivel screen(256ram, 80gbhdd, jaguar 10.2 os, 17inch) which i love primarly for video editing(imovie and final cut express.) Is movie editing really as good on the pc? Never tried any video editing on the windows platform. I am in need of a little pocket money so i was thinking about selling the imac on ebay. I need two questions answered here: Is video editing(prosumer) okay on windows? and how much could i get for the imac on ebay

Thanks, sorry for typos, etc. In a rush

-Dan

 

[cmdrdredd]

Imovie and FinalCut are super easy to use. Adobe Premier is the only comparison for FinalCut Pro or otherwise.

I'm not sure what that system would be worth. See macs always drop in value heavily when a new model is released because of the fact that they release new models 2x a year and everyone puts the old ones in the bargain bin.

 

[pkme2]

If you do video editing on Final Cut Pro, my strong recommendation is to stay with 'what brung you'. It's a different learning curve to switch over to Windows video editing. The only top comparable programs are Avid & Canopus. Too much, too late.

I've used Canopus DV Storm at school and Sony Vegas Video, none of which will make you happy. Its your choice, good hunting.

 

[love2skate824]

Its not like super intense editing, just stuff like band videos, snowbaording, etc. its not final cut pro($alot) , its express($300 i think)