Imac+FCE+miniDVD=confusion

Sorry to post such a newb question, but my old Super 8 is dead, so I bought a Sony MiniDVD assuming I could edit through a fire wire. Not so...how do I transfer video from the MiniDVD to the imac?

Bad luck I'm afraid to say.
Your camera outputs Mpeg2 files that will not work with FCE directly.
You will have to employ a third party app like StreamClip from Squared 5. It's free off the net.
Another option is to use a mini DV camera with "pass through" or an Analogue/Digital converter box, then route the signal from your camera in analogue to one of these devices. The converter will hook to your Mac with a firewire cable.
Either way a few extra hoops have to be jumped to get the DVD files into FCE.
Al

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What voice over microphone for Imac & FCE?

What is a good microphome for using on the Imac & FCE?

Almost any decent XLR-based microphone will work. Two of the long time standards are the Shure SM58 and SM57. You can find them for around $99 new and around $50 used on eBay. With one of these mics you will need an adapter (or adapter cable) to go from the mic's XLR connector the the Mac's 3.5mm stereo male connector.
Another mic that has seemed to work well is the Blue Snowball, which is a USB mic (as opposed to analog mics like the SM58 and SM57)
Assuming your use is for voiceovers, just look for a mic that is designed for voice, not instruments or percussion. Look for a cardioid, dynamic mic designed for voice. There are lots of them on the market - Shure, Audio Technica, Behringer, M-Audio, Sennheiser, many others.

IMac 21.5" confused by RAM

Good afternoon
It is a 21.5" iMac (A1311 EMC 2389 OS 10.5.8) with factory installed RAM is running really, really slowly and seems to be confused about what sort of RAM is installed. Recognizes that there are 2 X 2GB sticks installed, but doesn't know what type or speed of RAM or that it has any memory slots in which to install RAM. See screen shot below.
Swapped RAM with another set of sticks and moved the RAM to different slots to no avail.
System Profile - Memory recognizes slots (all 4 of them) and the sticks in the populated slots and the capacity of the sticks.
Activity Monitor doesn't show any process consuming ridiculous amounts of CPU time or memory.
Running Disk Utility to see how the drive is working and though it hasn't completed yet, nothing much is requiring repairs.
Any suggestions as to what to test/try next?
TIA
Greg

Vintage doesn't mean it is "old." Vintage means the age range of the model. Each model stays exactly the same components inside and out for a period of time. That period of time is known as its vintage. Think of wine.
Let's say you went to Best Buy and bought
PNY - 2GB PC6400 DDR2 SoDIMM Laptop Memory
simply because you had a Mac laptop that had that description of RAM in its documentation, you'd think you got the right RAM because of what the user manual said for the laptop. Would that be safe?
NO!
The EMC# is one way of knowing the age of the machine. http://www.everymac.com/ shows you several other ways. Regardless it is the age that says the season and year of the Mac's release. Now there were only three iMacs that were an EMC# of 2389:
http://everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/?search_keywords=2389
So you need RAM that is compatible with a mid-2010 iMac, according to the RAM seller. No other RAM will work 100% reliably. And http://www.macsales.com/ and http://www.crucial.com/ are the two vendors I'm aware of that do list RAM by the specific Apple stated vintage.

New iMac--setup assistant confusion

I've googled, searched here and read the links, but they confuse me.
Bought a new iMac, Intel, Snow Leopard, still in box.
Loved my older iMac, dome base, PPC, running Tiger. It died last week (take my word for it), monitor, among other things, conked out. Been running it for a couple of years off a bootable firewire drive.
Using my Leopard (white) MacBook, I've dragged all my data files from the bootable PPC Tiger drive to back-up drives for safekeeping, then erased them from the Tiger drive.
Mostly, I'd like to have my Safari and Firefox bookmarks transfered to the new iMac, but if I can, I'd also like to have the actual older Firefox application transfered, too, given I don't care for the newer Firefox I use on my MacBook. But there are a few not-very-significant odds and ends applications I'd like to transfer, too, and maybe there would be some stuff like my printer and scanner settings/data that would be transfered.
When I bought the new iMac a couple of days ago, the Genius Bar advised me to use the setup assistant the first time I turned on the new iMac.
But I don't want to transfer my user account/settings to the new iMac, I want a new identity/password. Or iMovie2 (won't work on the Intel Mac)...and so on.
Besides, I CAN'T start up my old iMac in "Target Disk Mode"--the old iMac is DEAD. All I have is the bootable Tiger external firewire drive. Nothing to boot it with, though. So will that rule out Migration Assistant, too?
And, no, I live in a rural area, I don't know anyone with a Tiger PPC Mac--otherwise I could boot from my external drive and export the Firefox and Safari bookmarks.
Any suggestions? Thanks.

If your Firewire drive does indeed have a bootable copy of Tiger on it, you can connect that to your new iMac and let Migration Assistant migrate from it to your new iMac. I have not done this but I read about it on the discussions at the SuperDuper website. SuperDuper's head guy specifically said that it was a doable way to migrate to a new Mac.
I was sort of in your situation recently when I got my new iMac but I was a little better off in that my old flat panel 17 inch G4 iMac running Tiger was still in perfect working condition. After batting the issue around I finally decided against using Migration Assistant and I just did a manual migration by dragging and dropping data files and reinstalling applications.
If I had to do it all over, I'd probably just use Migration Assistant, but for some reason decided against it at the time. Several posters here have said they've used MA with good success in just our situation of going from PPC Tiger to Intel Snow Leopard. But there are a few hardliners who recommend a manual approach. As I said I'd probably go with MA if I had to do it over again. And if you have a bootable clone you can use MA to go from it to your new iMac.
By the way, which method did you use to make your bootable clone, SuperDuper or CCC or Disk Utility? As I said, the guy at SD definitely said MA would work on an SD clone.
Of course not all of your old PPC apps will work on your Intel iMac. But I gather from what I've read that Migration Assistant is "smart" enough to know how to handle the migration.
You seem to want to transfer only certain selected items so I'm not really sure how to advise you on that. I think there are some selections you can make when you use MA that will determine what gets transferred but I'm not familiar with it since I didn't use it myself.
Regards,
Steve M.

Pages and iPhone and iWork and iMac. 100% confused.....

I open Pages on my iPhone. Pressing the + sign give me the option to create document or copy from iTunes, iDisk or WebDAV. I was rather hoping for the option of seeing an icon leading to my iwork storage area at that point, but no. Not sure why I would have documents in iTunes? or on a redundant iDisk? No idea what a WebDAV is.
Opening Pages on my iMac. No sign of any link to the iwork storage area so I can't see the document from the iPhone yet. So give up that route.
Opening iwork in Safari on my iMac instead. Yes, I can now see my iPhone document. And I can open it or maybe I've downloaded it, not sure, but it is now open in Pages on my iMac. I make some amendments and save a version of it. Not sure where it's now saved it though. But it's clearly not the same document now as showing on my iPhone. So presumably I need to upload it again using the handy iwork button. I now get an email saying I've uploaded it, but I know that, I just did it! Will I get an email everytime I do something?
I now want to view the amended version of my document on my iPhone- but it's not there, only the orginal. Can't see any option on the iPhone to look in my iwork folder.
So I'm now completely lost and have no idea what iwork or how the link between my iMac and my iPhone is supposed to work. It doesn't work how I would logically or intuitively expect a Mac product to work.
Can someone please explain in simple language that someone with only 20+ years experience of using Macs will understand......?

OK, a bit more experimenting and it appears the Save a version puts the updated document in your iMac downloads folder. The bit that is still really confusing me is working out the difference between www.iwork.com and www.icloud.com/=iwork (how do you type a hash sign on an apple keyboard by the way?) It seems that if you click on the Share button in Pages on the iMac it uploads it to iwork.com whereas it looks as if you have to go to the icloud/iwork within Safari and choose upload doing it the other way round to get your document back there. Would welcome any advice from anybody who actually understands how it is all working..... It really does all seem a mess to me.

New Intel iMac, FCE 3.0 and dropped frames on capture

Just got a brand new 20 inch iMAC running 10.4.9 with 2G of RAM and over 200G of space. Can't capture more than a minute or two of footage to the hard drive without a dropped frame abort.
Have no problems capturing the same tape to a nearly full Lacie external drive through my 4 year old inverted bowl G4 running 10.3.9 with only 512 MB of RAM.
Does anyone know if it could be because I am running FCE 3.0 on the new iMAC? I've read that 3.0 is not made for the Intel and that the machine has to do some behind-the-scenes tricks to make it work.
Might upgrading to 3.5 solve my capture problem?

I think that article is misleading. It seems as if that if you have 3.0 or earlier (FCE, of course), combined with OS 10.4.9, no matter WHERE you capture to, you will get dropped frames. There are three (3) solutions, and they are as follows:
1. Archive and Install to 10.4.8
2. Buy the upgrade to 3.5.
And the newest one, though not tested by many people:
3. Drag and drop the drive that you capture to in Spotlight's Privacy window. That's in System Prefs.>Spotlight>Privacy.
I can't test the 3rd one as I have 3.5.
- Craig

New Core 2 Duo iMac Memory specification confusion

I'm confused about the memory specification for the new iMac (late 2006). In the article 303084, it says that the new iMac models, other than 17 " model, accept DDR2 PC2 5300 667Mhz SO DIMM. But in the other article ( 304284 ), it says that the memory is DDR2 PC2 5400 667Mhz SO DIMM. So which one does it take? I'm just about to pick up the new iMac tomorrow and I already have 2 sticks of 1GB of DDR 5300 lying around. Can I use these 2 sticks in the new iMac? The brand of the memory is Samsung. Are they compatible with the new iMac? For all you guys out there who upgraded the memory in the new iMac, which brand do you use? I live in Australia, so brands like Crucial and OWC are hard to find. The popular local brands here Samsung, Corsiar, Twin Mos and Kingmax. I bought the Samsung from a friend who pulled them out from a Dell Laptop which he hated and sold it after a week of ownership. Now he's a proud owner a new Macbook Pro with 2GB of RAM installed from the factory. I would like to a make good use of these 2 Samsung RAMs. Thank you.
iMac Core 2 Duo 20" Mac OS X (10.4.7) PBG4 1.67Ghz, 30gb iPod, PMG4 MDD DP 1.42Ghz
iMac Core 2 Duo 20" Mac OS X (10.4.7) PBG4 1.67Ghz, 30gb iPod, PMG4 MDD DP 1.42Ghz

P'Boy,
No worries. The PC2-5400 that appears in the article you cite is a misprint. The iMac Core 2 Duo takes PC2-5300 memory. I have the new Core 2 Duo and verified this by looking at the memory modules. While PC2-5400 may well work in the iMac Core 2 Duo, PC2-5300 is the type of memory specified by Apple to work with this computer.
Samsung is a fine brand, and is one of the brands used by Apple, so it should function just fine. Cosair is another fine brand, though I have not had occasion to use Cosair memory in a Mac (I've used it in a number of PCs).
Bottom line. Your Samsung PC2-5300 modules should work just fine. Enjoy your new Core 2 Duo!
Joe

FCE HD, confused by Motion Path (I want to change the speed of movement)

I am a huge FCE noob, let's get that out of the way. I have also been a member here since May of last year, but for some reason it now shows that this is my first post. (????) Anyway, I have figured out how to use a motion path, including curving the path, but I can't figure out how to alter the speed that a "motion path" video enters, or leaves, the screen.
While I'm here, I also want to learn how to use shapes (as in a circle/triangle/custom shaped border to a video clip) and I have not been able to find that info. I have Lisa Brenneis's "Final Cut Express HD for Mac OS X" book and have not been able to find the answers to these two questions there.
Thanks in advance for your useful help!!
BILL

The first and last keframes can have Ease In/Ease Out applied to smooth the start or stop action.
Clicking between two keframes on a a motion path should give you Bezier Handles. There a four blue dots on them, the inner two will control speed. Dragging an inner dot along the handle either slows or speeds the action.
Al

IMac g4 airport confusion :(

Hello!
I just got the the awesome imac g4 the other day but found out that I need airport to get wifi!
I was wondering if anyone could help me as to where I can get them from, and what will work with my computer?
It's a 15 inch imac g4
800MHz with 256mb of ram
If you need any other Info I can give it to you.
Please help! I have no idea what to do!!
Thank you

You need an original AirPort (802.11b) card:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Apple/M7600LLE/

Speakers to use w/ iMac & FCE

I want to buy external speakers which will give me a more professional set up and give me a better sense of my audio.
Can anybody recommend quality speakers which are relatively affordable? I hope this question is OK on this forum.

Not knowing what your budget or specific needs are, I'd suggest going to your local Circuit City and looking at some yourself. There's no way to know what speakers sound like unless you can hear them in person.
There is also a Micro Center in Paterson, NJ if you're in the local area. That would be a good resource. Or you could go have a fun afternoon at B&H Photo in NYC.
You should be able to get a good set of speakers w/subwoofer for anywhere above about $60. I'd also suggest Cambridge Soundworks or Bose computer speakers if you're looking for better quality gear than what you'll typically find at a Staples or Circuit City.

Creating HD 1920x1080i/p on iMac, DVD or Blu-ray Disc???

Looking for some basic answers which I can't find from the camera manufacturers, Apple, and the net in general. After reading literally thousands of posts on the many discussion forums for months, I just purchased a Canon VIXIA HF S200, which is a Flash Memory SD/SDHC consumer camcorder. (Thankfully my new iMac has an SD slot).
Just FYI, I've used Apple since @1995, mainly a Power PC and then a 2006 2 GB Intel Core Duo iMac. With that I've made many home videos. Generally, the movies (e.g., iMovie 6 -> iDVD) were put together with many different formats, vids from the net, vids from family members' cameras and mine, camcorders, still cameras with movie capability, etc. One movie might utilize material I've gathered for years in the form of jpg, png, pict., tiff, avi, mpg, mov, wmv, mp3, wav, aiff… you get the idea. I've always paid the extra $ for QT Pro, etc., in order to edit the various formats or convert them. iMovie6 handled basically whatever I threw at it, and gave me in return quality movies, or as good as the source material anyway, that I could burn in iDVD so family could have copies. I probably took iMovie as far as it could go, editing to the nth degree music-to-pic or vid timings, voice overs, etc. If I needed engineered title pages/pictures that iMovie couldn't make, etc., I'd make them in .ppt and save as jpegs or pull stuff off the net for the movie. My point is I've always found a way to solve any problems with research and trial and error. So now that I'm retired, I want nothing less than quality video content. (Meaning High Definition!)
I am now the proud owner of a 27" iMac 2.93 i7, and it is gorgeous. Had I known that Apple would be stealing all my fun by destroying Quicktime (yes, I kept QT 7.6.6), totally screwing up iMovie, and who knows what I'll find with iDVD and FCE when I buy it, I might have steered clear of the iMac that I thought was going to give me real High Definition capabilities. If you read through these forums carefully, you'll see that there are hundreds of definitions people use for the term "HD". Apple has basically been saying it's as simple as connecting a camcorder through firewire (of course, if you HAD a firewire camcorder, you would now be using adapters for 400/800 anyway). If you get a firewire HD camcorder, you are probably buying a soon to be bye-bye format in tape, or some kind of digital disc. Even the hard drive types are not promising. That leaves flash memory (light, small, quite sturdy)… but these don't have firewire, at least none that I can find for my needs.
So now I have a $900 camcorder (which is probably going back) that shoots in AVCHD, which is coded by way of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264. Of course, Apple wants no part of Blu-ray, for which AVCHD was made. It can author directly to Blu-ray, as well as something called AVCHD Discs, but I can't use Canon's software because I don't want Windows. Canon also natively records in 24 Mbps @ 1920x1080, at different frame rates. All this pretty much ensures that you will need to drop everything down to nearly standard definition while trying to navigate through iMovie, a QT app in need of energy, iDVD, FCE (whose specs don't even line up eye-to-eye with Apple's own iMovie)…
OK, I think you can see my frustration, and I do apologize for showing it so openly (kind of, anyway)… but I see this same pain in so many posts… is there ANYONE that can tell us what kind of HD camera we can use to make hard copies (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.) of home movies. I want to be able to save these family movies for 20 years or more, hopefully… though all the software, camera and Apple people seem to think everything is for streaming on YouTube or posting to FB… the IRONY is that while I am trying to make movies we can keep, everyone's trying to sell us ways to put our movies on the net, where we couldn't get rid of them even if we wanted to… so WE don't get to keep a copy, but the world will always have it once it's posted…
If there is anyone out there that really knows if we can produce DVD's or other discs that family can play in their homes, please help us out with something truly specific. Yes, I would certainly buy a Blu-ray burner if it would work on my "world class" iMac with HD, but no one even seems to know. I am not the only one begging to know what camera will work, or what software will do the trick, etc. I don't mean to imply that anyone's giving bad advice on purpose, but when a poster answers with "you can try converting to this, then ripping it from that, then just reformat to those with some whatever from whomever"… well, we could post back and forth forever without hearing each other… Apple used to stand for simplicity as well as reliability; but now, for example, absolutely no one knows why my extra RAM doesn't work correctly, or even if it should (trying Googling RAM slots for new iMacs, you will not believe the half truths, the bass-ackward answers and other nonsense in the forums).
Many of us seem willing to pay big bucks (like for my i7 iMac) for nice stuff, so if you are listening, Apple, can you at least tell us how to get something done? Your suggested list of camcorder compatibility is a joke, as it tells nearly nothing, except that we'll be buying camcorders with features you will not support… my camcorder works great until you realize that the best recording mode they have I can't export to iMovie… guess I should just use the "standard definiton", huh, after shelling out a grand for the camera with flash GB's and batteries… (I can send it all back, so no need to send me a check, Apple/Canon… heck, I could even send back the iMac, if it wasn't so GORGEOUS).
Last week, I added RAM to my i7, and at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3918, it states:
"i5 and i7 Quad Core iMac computers come with both top memory slots populated. These computers will not start up if only a single DIMM is installed in any bottom slot; these computers should operate normally with a single DIMM installed in any top slot. Core Duo iMac computers should operate normally with a single DIMM installed in any slot, top or bottom. ("Top" and "bottom" slots refer to the orientation of the slots in the pictures below. "Top" refers to the slots closest to the display; "bottom" refers to the slots closest to the stand)."
Well, first, what if I had DIMMs in both "bottom" slots, but none in the top slots, would it work? NO ANSWER, right? And you got the "top and bottom" slots mixed up… please, you are upside down on even the most basic thing… typos are one thing, but… *do you see what I mean?*
Well, since the camera people don't know what their camera does, and I don't know what the iMac, FCE and FCP can do, again I ask you good people out there who are trying hard to make all this stuff work: just what camera or software will work with this top of the line computer to make simple HD movies? I will be forever indebted to anyone who can help in any way…
27" iMac Intel Core i7/2.93GHz/8GB RAM/1TB HD/ATI Radeon HD 5750/Model iMac11,3/OS X v10.6.6

Karsten, Ian & stuckfootage, thanks for responding.
You replied to so many items I wouldn't know where to start. Some of the replies, regarding USB connections, vids on the net, for example, I still must respectfully disagree with you.
You did, however, address many of my rants very well, and I thank you. I was going off the deep end and I don't know why I would expect answers to such a rambling post, most of which wasn't even a question. But you all did a good job of calming me down, so expect my future posts to be more to the point, at least. In a professional and confident manner, you told me what I needed to hear to get real help. I'll see my shrink tomorrow, then maybe you could help with these few things first:
*3. stuckfootage, you said, "I think your frustration is a result of the sales and support people you encounter." Absolutely right. I am usually very independent and never consider asking salespeople for advice, except maybe "where's the restroom?". I worked in that world, so I know better. Still, the advertising and imagery gets to ya, doesn't it?*
*I suppose buying the new 27" i7 2.93 iMac, then memory, plus camcorder, SD cards and batteries, just got me kinda thinking I was all set. So I think I'll just take a step back, take a breath, and get it figured out. I know Apple must have some real geniuses to produce what they do, but ultimately, it's people like all of you on the boards that take it to the next level of understanding, long after Apple has boxed it, shipped it, and charged our credit cards.*
*There was no need for obscenities, though... in saying some HD cameras support Firewire, then using the Panasonic HVX200 ($5000) as an example, now THAT"S OBSCENE... $5000??? LOL (I mean, yeah, I did just buy a super Mac and all, but that just means I'm broke, not rich...)*
*BTW, the article you pointed me to, http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2424451&tstart=0 by Jeremy Hansen was simply outstanding! Informative, accurate, concise, right on point. Thanx...*
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Imac 27" bought Jan 2011 running 10.6.4

Having a back up of my valued files and programmes I decided to do a clean install on this mac (I was unhappy with my sims 3 game and wanted to start afresh) so inserted my install dvd which promptly got eaten by the superdrive with lots of grungy noises - couldn't eject disk so went online to discover eject disk solutions - ended up (after various combs of start up keys) booting into windows on windows 7 bootcamp then the disk ejected itself severely scarred with spiral scratches. I then bought an external dvd drive (Samsung) and tried again could not load install DVD - by this time I couldnt get past grey screen on Mac but could boot to windows (mac was trying to boot into safe mode due to various key combo's I tried to eject disk) - next I try single user commands carefully and Mac HD cannot be repaired after 3 attempts -next I phone apple support and arrange for a replacement install DVD - it arrives and imac will not boot from it -I later discover it is OS 10.6.3 whereas my original install DVD (the badly scratched one is 10.6.4) which I told them! then I borrow a good firewire cable and start troubled 27 inch in target mode and connect to older 2007 aluminium imac - load install dvd on old imac reboot to disk and erase vol on troubled 27' then install 10.6.3 on target drive phew....well it just sits there with the apple logo despite no disk errors or permission errors - tried restarting 27" with install dvd just spins a few times and hangs -I've been using macs as a happy home since 1999 and never had a prob like this I cant resolve....suggestions please and please read everything I tried before replying with obvious - yes I reset everything I could yes I tried every fsck I could....

Alright. I finally got 10.6.4 installed. I ended up reinstalling Snow Leopard from the install disk like originally planned. The problem was that when Apple replaced my hard drive, they preinstalled a Mac Mini version of Snow Leopard on to it which was up to date for that piece of hardware and is why software update didn't catch the update. However, since I have an iMac, it got confused because it was running a Mac Mini version of OS X, thus not letting me install 10.6.4. After I wiped the drive and installed from the disk, I ran software update, and, sure enough, the 10.6.4 update was there. I thought I would just share my findings for everyone out there with the same problem. And thank you baltwo for all of your help. I appreciate it.

Late 2009 21.5 Inch iMac not updating to Snow Leopard 10.6.4

I recently took my Late 2009 21.5-inch iMac (1TB HD) to the Apple Store to get it fixed due to a hard drive crash. I got the hard drive replaced and I thought everything was back to normal. Today, I saw Apple had released a beta for FaceTime on the Mac. I downloaded this, started to install it, and it told me I was missing a critical security patch (2010-005). I ran software update, and it said all my software was up to date, so I went to apple.com and downloaded it directly. It started to install and when I got to the hard disk destination, it told me that my hard drive (Macintosh HD) doesn't meet the system requirements. Well, I looked up the requirements, and the only requirement was Snow Leopard 10.6.4. I went into about my mac from the Apple menu and saw that I was running 10.6.3. This confused me further because I had run software update, and I suspected software update would catch an OS update. Anyway, I went to apple.com to download Snow Leopard 10.6.4 directly since software update didn't catch it. I choose the combo pack first, and I didn't have any luck installing it. It did the exact same thing the security update did. I got to the hard disk destination, and it told me the volume didn't meet the requirements. I then tried the regular update and got the same results. Starting to get confused, I checked what the requirements were for Snow Leopard 10.6.4. The only requirement was to have Snow Leopard 10.6.3. This is where I don't understand what's happening. I am already running 10.6.3. Since that was the only requirement, shouldn't I be able to install it? Please help me out. I'm SUPER confused. Oh and sorry if I'm rambling a little. I'm trying to be as descriptive as possible to get this fixed. Thanks in advance.

Alright. I finally got 10.6.4 installed. I ended up reinstalling Snow Leopard from the install disk like originally planned. The problem was that when Apple replaced my hard drive, they preinstalled a Mac Mini version of Snow Leopard on to it which was up to date for that piece of hardware and is why software update didn't catch the update. However, since I have an iMac, it got confused because it was running a Mac Mini version of OS X, thus not letting me install 10.6.4. After I wiped the drive and installed from the disk, I ran software update, and, sure enough, the 10.6.4 update was there. I thought I would just share my findings for everyone out there with the same problem. And thank you baltwo for all of your help. I appreciate it.

I,ve got the mid 2011 2.7 ghz imac running m lion. Should i use bootcamp or third-party software?

The reason i ask is due to my lack of faith in apples software. I,ve tried s leopard, lion and now m lion and my imac is still slower than all my friends windows computers. whether its internet based or non internet based its always slow. in my defense the imac choice was based on my ipad 2 which is ace. the imac cost over £1300 and i expected a lot better. Anyway i use it for gaming quite a lot and i,m prepared to upgrade the graphics card and buy windows 7 or 8 just for game accessability and the option of being able to use a gamepad that actually works with the imac. Are there any risks or disadvantages involved with using boot camp. I don,t have much confidence in Apples software as every system i,ve used has bricked my computer and caused me to reinstall due to apple software conflicts. (Apple tech supports theory and they charged me £35 for this little nugget even though i bought the imac Jan 2012 new). i refuse to pay for a backup solution as i think it should be free like system restore on windows. I purposefully don,t store anything important on the imac due to past probs so losing data i can live with. Slowing it down further i cannot. Please help.

you can't upgrade the video cards on imacs
it's confusing what you are asking bootcamp is apples software which let you run windows native on your imac
the alternative is parallels or virtualbox if you need to run windows apps and those being emulated and will not have full access to the video card would not be good for gaming

Will new iMac beat old Powermac???

I've had my powermac dual G5 1.8 since 2004 and am thinking of uprading to a new high-end intel-iMac with leopard.
My main reasons are that my Mac has become really sluggish of late especially with multiple application open and viewing video.
I mostly use my computer for photoshop, watching video and the internet.
I have 512MB ram and a dual 1.8GHZ CPU, the new imac i''m interested in is a 2.8GHZ dual core processor and 2GB RAM, will this give me enough power and performance to not have the beachball all the time when running multiple applications or is a powermac, even an old one, still a faster machine that an iMac??
also does dual 1.8ghz mean two 1.8ghx chips or 1.8 in total, because it it's 2 1.8ghz chips then wouldn't that still be faster (combined) than the new iMac, i'm confused???

My main reasons are that my Mac has become really sluggish of late especially with multiple application open and viewing video. I mostly use my computer for photoshop, watching video and the internet. I have 512MB ram
That's the problem. That is not much over the minimum RAM required for Tiger. You should have at least 2GB RAM. Also, be sure there is plenty of space on your hard drive.
also does dual 1.8ghz mean two 1.8ghx chips or 1.8 in total, because it it's 2 1.8ghz chips then wouldn't that still be faster (combined) than the new iMac, i'm confused???
You have two 1.8 GHz processors. The Intel iMac also has two processors, but they are on one chip. Each processor is 2.0 to 2.8 GHz, depending on which model iMac you get. You should get it with 4 GB RAM.

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