Mini or iMac

I would like to buy a new Mac but not sure if I should go with the Mac mini or iMac. I will use it to edit home videos and surf the web. I was going to either get a 1.66GHz Mac mini with 1GB ram and hook it up to my HDTV or the 17" iMac with 1GB ram.
I just don’t know if the mini will be fast enough for what I want to do. Also if I decide to go with the iMac will I be able to hook it up to my HDTV like I can with the mini.

iMovie runs very well on an Intel mini, and would of course run better (faster, less laggy, smoother operation) on an iMac. Which of the two systems you would best be buying is dependent on the level of work you're going to be doing (or may end up doing). If you are planning, or might become involved in, work at a professional level or involving working to deadline then there's no doubt that an iMac would function as a better hardware platform. The performance gap between the mini and iMac is likely not so great when based on Intel hardware as before, but even so, the iMac would provide a smoother workflow.
Final Cut will certainly run more smoothly on an iMac than a mini once in Universal binary - if your interest may extent to Final Cut, and you have a serious interest in video editing, then an iMac would be my recommendation if a suitable model is within your budget.

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