Final Cut Express 1 would also be a good choice, if you have enough memory and hard disk space. On a G3 that is higher than 500 MHz and running Mac OS X, iMovie 2 or 3 are the best choices, but on some of the much later G3s (like the 800MHz iBook G3s or something), iMovie 4 would work, though it would lag a bit. I have worked with both, and they are pretty good. The 2004-2006 G4s and any G5 should have at least 1 GB of RAM for smoother performance.įor video editing on any G3 that has at least 400 MHz and is running Mac OS 9 (like the iMac DVs or the PowerMac G3 B&W models), iMovie 2 and Final Cut Pro 1 are the best choices, obviously.

Here is what I recommend.Īny G3 or pre-2004 G4 should have at least 512 MB of RAM or greater, and a hard drive bigger than 20 GB.

the PowerPC G3/4/5 crowd), I thought I would make up something like this, if anyone is looking to edit video on a used/refurbished older Mac, since video editing would require quite a bit of horsepower and memory. Since I am interested in older Macs (i.e.

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