so, as i was saying before mozilla rudely crashed, i was at apple’s frontpage enjoy (ok, laughing at) the nice big “steve jobs lickable” 1 click® button and noticed some of the headlines flashing on the screen. ah, the festering putrid scent of pr. read this stinking pile:
?If you are serious about video work and thinking about getting a new computer to do it, your first choice should be a Macintosh,? says BusinessWeek technology columnist Stephen H. Wildstrom. [Sep 20]
and it’s not just the quote that’s bad, it’s the article. the tech columnist, sadly, as most tech columnists are wont to do, is just simply talking out of his ass. he compares an experience he had video editing years ago on a pc to frame his discussion (can you begin smelling the bias?), and talks about waiting for his P2 to render transitions (since apple does not sell g4 systems w/ realtime cards, he would be spending the same time waiting for rendering), and when he says that the apple comes into it’s own for professional work, he cites as a weakness, that while premiere is a favorite for mac and pc, the pc is more limited because premiere only “works directly with expensive professional DV equipment.” sorry to bust it to you, bub, but if you’re serious about realtime video editing, you are going to have much better luck w/ the pc. as far as i know, there is nothing that lets you do realtime editing for the mac for under $2500, while the pc market has offererings from pinnacle, canopus, and matrox, all of them supporting premiere. but otoh, i guess any rebuttal i make doesn’t really mean much as the writer is most likely a moron and crack fiend (gotta round out any rant w/ some ad homenim attacks; helps to get any pent up anger out of the system). end of pr reading for today.