Should I buy iMac or MacPro for working with video and dvd?

I currently have a Macbook which I am using to edit camcorder footage in iMovie and iDVD. I have spent the last three years travelling and living abroad and have consequently accumulated a large backlog of footage and am now trying to work through it all and get it on to DVD. When I bought my Macbook it was intended as a portable stop gap whilst living abroad with the intention of upgrading to an Apple desktop when home again. Given that I want to work on getting through many hours of camcorder footage, and also start getting to grips with computer based music production, would an iMac with plenty of ram be sufficient or would I be better off splashing out more and getting a MacPro plus screen?

Welcome 12frets56
I agree with the above recommendation, "Only you can decide how much you want to spend."
Tell us (if you don't mind) exactly how much you wish to spend so we can further assist in advising you on which system might best address your needs. Also, only you can decide how important portability is to you in terms of working from a laptop as opposed to a beefier system. Is portability a critical factor to your work, or not? If not, go with a full size custom tower.
Here's something else you may wish to consider prior to the actual purchase of any apple hardware / system configuration. Shop software first and foremost. Then built around that while addressing system requirements. In other words, don't place the cart before the horse (if you know what I mean).

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I'm in need of advice. I'm in the market for a new computer(s).
Let me give you a rundown on my situation.
HOME COMPUTER- dual 800 1GIG ram G4. probably 6-7 years old -i got it 2nd hand in 03 i think-
(its about 6 years old and very noisy and update needed)
WORK COMPUTER- AL PB G4 1.5ghz 2gig ram 17". Bees knees when released almost 4 years ago.
(redering and Motion are getting beyond tiresome with how slow they are).
The WORK computer I do all my editing on while the HOME computer I use for internet surfing, itunes etc. I use FCP for editing wedding dvds, work related videos etc. but I'm thinking of taking a break from the wedding filming & editing business to concentrate on other things. I will still continue to edit and film but not as much in the past 6 years. As of last week I don't have any projects or side jobs in the pipeline but that may change within 6 months.
MY QUESTION- What should I get?
1. 1 x 2.6 Ghz 4gig Ram 17" MBP at around 3,500 dollars (i'm in japan so about 360,000yen) and then use my AL powerbook as my home computer
OR
2. 2 x imac 20inch with 4gig ram which i think comes in at just under the MBP price
OR
3. 1 x imac 24" 4gig ram & 1x imac 20" with 4gig ram.
Is final cut pro and motion3 going to work better on the imacs than on my current AL powerbook? surely!
I still use motion1 and that really pushes my computer to it's limits. and the last 2 years have been a hectic one editing wise so I didn't want to upgrade computers during the course of projects ongoing.
(playing with fire in my books)
THING IS i need to be able to edit at both work and home. I take a my laptop with me to work everyday, but if I were to get 2 desktops I could just use external hard drives for my projects (which I do anyway). That's why if both computers are desktops they both need to be able to handle motion 3 and fcp6 to a competent level. and if I got two desktops I could try and sell my AL PB. It's still in superb condition due to me keeping it sleeved whenever not in use.
I heard rumours that apple will be releasing new imacs sooner rather than later as well.
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I hope i explained it as clearly as possible. Anyone have any
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There could be a couple of things that are causing a problem,
its hard to say without actually having your project on hand.
It almost sounds like your movie is taking longer to load, if
thats the case you could simply start the audio a little later in
the time line to sync it up.
I know you don't want coding solutions but you can probably
have flash "wait" for the movie to begin playing, and have that act
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Paul.

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