OS needs for video software

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dkmac

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I'm a pretty ordinary person, sufficiently interested in my computer and software to post on here, but who really wants to use video technology to help manage and develop the skills of a youth football (soccer) team. Problem is my computer won't run the video software I'm looking at (from a company called Dartfish) and I need some advice on what to do next.

I have an old G4 emac, 700 MHz, 384 MB and OSX 10.2.8. I know I need to upgrade my OS (but to what minimum spec), or get a new desktop machine, or more likely get a laptop as I would probably have to play back video in the gym. However to be honest I'm confused by the options and need some guidance. I live in the UK - don't know if that makes much difference these days - but I'm sure any info or advice would be useful.
 
I'm sure that any Mac Pro or MacBook Pro would be the best choice. Make sure you upgrade the RAM and include a good amount of storage space. You might also want to consider some sort of external storage as well so that you don't use up your main system drive space.
 
Thanks - but would I really need something as powerful as those options? I've checked them out and yes, they're great machines, but unfortunately they're also a lot more than my wallet can handle. Think I need to stick to something a bit more basic!
 
You could probably get away with an iMac since it comes with the discrete ATI or nVIDIA video (depending on which one you purchase), but I wouldn't recommend a MacBook since it uses the integrated Intel video chipset (which actually steals system memory to use for video memory). If you prefer a portable, most definitely a MacBook Pro even if it's the cheapest model.
 
dkmac said:
I'm a pretty ordinary person, sufficiently interested in my computer and software to post on here, but who really wants to use video technology to help manage and develop the skills of a youth football (soccer) team. Problem is my computer won't run the video software I'm looking at (from a company called Dartfish) and I need some advice on what to do next.

I have an old G4 emac, 700 MHz, 384 MB and OSX 10.2.8. I know I need to upgrade my OS (but to what minimum spec), or get a new desktop machine, or more likely get a laptop as I would probably have to play back video in the gym. However to be honest I'm confused by the options and need some guidance. I live in the UK - don't know if that makes much difference these days - but I'm sure any info or advice would be useful.
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dkmac-

Justin here from Dartfish USA's support. The software is only Windows OS compatible. That being said, we have a lot of US customers with Intel Based Macs running the software via Bootcamp with XP installed. I personally ran it on a very limited basis on a MacBoook with the Bootcamp beta for about 15 months without any issues. We haven't upgraded that computer to OSX Leopard yet though so I can't comment on the performance with the newest OS and Bootcamp release but from the feedback given to us by our customers it seems to be superb.

Let me know if I can be of any further help.
 
Thanks again nixgeek.

Thanks very much also to Justin of Dartfish. Glad you mentioned that the product is only compatible with Windows ...that could have been an expensive mistake for me! It doesn't sound like your company will be releasing a Mac version soon so it looks like I'll have to find something else which does a similar job to Dartfish and is Mac compatible. If not, I might even have to buy a Windows XP machine....
 
dkmac said:
Thanks again nixgeek.

Thanks very much also to Justin of Dartfish. Glad you mentioned that the product is only compatible with Windows ...that could have been an expensive mistake for me! It doesn't sound like your company will be releasing a Mac version soon so it looks like I'll have to find something else which does a similar job to Dartfish and is Mac compatible. If not, I might even have to buy a Windows XP machine....
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If you were already considering upgrading your Mac I would highly recommend going the Macbook Pro route and simply utilizing Bootcamp if you are interested in running Dartfish. Then you will be able to keep the OS you are familiar with for most of your tasks and you will still have the versatility of Windows Xp for anything else you need.
 
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