Flatpanel iMac. I use a 17 inch 2GHz G5 (about two years old) and edit High Definition (1080i) video pretty regularly...
Consider bumping to 2 gig RAM. For your external drive, FireWire is better. A MacMini will work - but it would be more like driving a go cart in a Formula 1 race... you get there, it will just take longer than a flatpanel ot tower (or laptop).
Hi, I'm looking to buy a Mac and I want to do some video editing on it. (video is a side job for me) I'm looking a 2.0 Ghz or faster processor, at least 1 gig of ram, and a decent video card. Hard drive size doesn't matter- I'm going to buy an external.
So what Mac would be best for me? I'm on a very tight budget. I thought about buying a mini, adding a DVD burner, and adding ram, but the processor speed wouldn't be that great.
So should I get a macbook? Or am I better off with an iMac? Portability is not an issue- I'm just looking for the best value for my money.

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