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1 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for VIDEO
Apple MB535LL/A 8-Core Mac Pro Mac Desktop
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$3,159.00 Est. at Amazon
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    5.0 Stars i owned a powermac g5 dual 2.0 ghz before the video card died.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars 4x faster at video encoding and cs4 with multiple hard drives installed and 8gb of ram compared to imac line
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars lately, i've needed to switch from standard definition video editing to high definition.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the video card that came with the system was fine for nearly any use, but i needed to have something faster for the 3d work i do, so i found out that replacing the stock card was also very easy.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i'm on a budget, so i got the standard config, stock video card, and added 2g of ram for a total of 5 gigs.
Positives: Powerful, Excellent Expandability, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
2 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for VIDEO
Apple MB871LL/A Quad-Core Mac Pro Mac Desktop
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$2,399.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars lately, i've needed to switch from standard definition video editing to high definition.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i owned a powermac g5 dual 2.0 ghz before the video card died.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i'm on a budget, so i got the standard config, stock video card, and added 2g of ram for a total of 5 gigs.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars the video card that came with the system was fine for nearly any use, but i needed to have something faster for the 3d work i do, so i found out that replacing the stock card was also very easy.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars 4x faster at video encoding and cs4 with multiple hard drives installed and 8gb of ram compared to imac line
Positives: Powerful, Excellent Expandability, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
3 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for VIDEO
Apple iMac 20"/2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/2GB RAM/320GB HD/SuperDrive/NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (MB417LL/A) Mac Desktop
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$1,169.00 Est. at Amazon
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    5.0 Stars it will process up to 1920x1080 hd camcorder video with all of the fancy titles and transitions.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i use my mac for video and photo's, the software for a mac is far better than a pc.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars if you want a completely after-pc experience, if you like watching movies, work with videos and graphics, and prefer to do that at home: must buy.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars apple's video tutorials make learning simple.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars in addition to just replacing my old dell, this computer will be used to edit hd video from my canon hf10.
Positives: Great Expandability, Powerful, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
4 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for VIDEO
Apple iMac 24"/2.93GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/4GB RAM/640GB HD/SuperDrive/NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 (MB419LL/A) Mac Desktop
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$1,900.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars it will process up to 1920x1080 hd camcorder video with all of the fancy titles and transitions.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i use my mac for video and photo's, the software for a mac is far better than a pc.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    4.0 Stars this computer is very user friendly, and the large screen greatly enhances videos and photos.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars though i have never used video editing software, i was able to make a comprehensive video of my daughter in a half an hour.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars if you want a completely after-pc experience, if you like watching movies, work with videos and graphics, and prefer to do that at home: must buy.
Positives: Great Expandability, Powerful, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.93 GHz
5 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for VIDEO
Apple iMac 24"/2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/4GB RAM/640GB HD/SuperDrive/NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (MB418LL/A) Mac Desktop
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$1,316.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars it will process up to 1920x1080 hd camcorder video with all of the fancy titles and transitions.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i use my mac for video and photo's, the software for a mac is far better than a pc.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars apple's video tutorials make learning simple.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars though i have never used video editing software, i was able to make a comprehensive video of my daughter in a half an hour.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars in addition to just replacing my old dell, this computer will be used to edit hd video from my canon hf10.
Positives: Nice Expandability, Powerful, Compact, Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
 
Apple iMac 24"/3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo/4GB RAM/1TB HD/SuperDrive/NVIDIA GeForce GT 130 (MB420LL/A) Mac Desktop
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$1,850.00 Est. at Amazon
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  1. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars it will process up to 1920x1080 hd camcorder video with all of the fancy titles and transitions.
  2. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars i use my mac for video and photo's, the software for a mac is far better than a pc.
  3. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars my mother's hp with 4gb of ram, same speed processor and dedicated video graphics memory-requires a few minute to boot up to a usable environment.
  4. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars if you want a completely after-pc experience, if you like watching movies, work with videos and graphics, and prefer to do that at home: must buy.
  5. from www.amazon.com
    5.0 Stars apple's video tutorials make learning simple.
Positives: Excellent Expandability, Powerful, Compact, Processor Speed: 3.06 GHz
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