The great leap forward

Hi i have always wanted a mac. the ilife software and osx look great. i have some questions before i switch.
does the integrated video card affect imovie experience
does imovie enable chroma key and picture in a picure
because the shared video ram is shared does that mean the more ram i have the better video quality
if i plan to do schoolwork edit imovies surf the web and maybe install vista do i need 2gb ram
thanks
Dell Dimension 8300 2.8 Ghz Pentium Four Hyper Threading 1Gb Ram Media Center Edition   Windows XP Pro  

it is not affect the iMovie
iMovie doesn't have that effect plug ins but you could buy iSlick from Gee Three (Volume 4) that allowed you create chromakey clip on iMovie.
now apple lock the memory at 64 mb, the more is better for system performance but not much to nothing for intel graphic memory since it already took those 64. On intel sites it could be max to 224 mb, just hope apple and or intel be kind enough to release the patch to max it (with warning that this should be used with macBook that has atleast 1 Gb installed)
1 Gb look good enough, but better jump to 2 x 1 Gb, so you don't waste the 2 x 512 mb from that you previously upgrade before.

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