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Will my Mac handle HD video?

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dunkaroos
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Im looking at HD cameras and I want too know if my Mac will handle it before I actually go out and buy one. It handles regular video fine but I haven't gotten to try HD on it. Here are my computer specs:
This is a 2005 iMac G5, so bear with me.

1.6 GHz PowerPC processor
1.5 Gigs of RAM
GeForce FX 5200 with only 64 mb of RAM
75 Gig Hard Drive but ive got a 500 gig external hard drive
its got a firewire port and plenty of USBs

and im pretty sure i cant put any more RAM in it and im not sure if i can upgrade the graphics card bc its attached to the motherboard.


any help would be awesome
Aug 14 2009 8:30PM
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CS_Films
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how much do you plan to do for editing. It can handel it but it will struggle.
Aug 14 2009 11:33PM
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dunkaroos
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hmmm, i would add transitions, color effects, and light effects maybe, not too much. rendering them will take forever though
Aug 15 2009 9:04PM
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