Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:55:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Cana Lynn McCoy <cana@MIT.EDU>
To: <sipb-ec@mit.edu>
cc: <sipb-bananas@mit.edu>
Subject: Issues with the potential iMac purchase
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Dave is correct on the hardware requirements.  It looks like the iMac
won't run DVD Studio Pro, and jhawk also underguessed the price massively.

It has been discussed that the extra money for a studly G4 tower is not
something SIPB is interested in spending.

Personally, I have no attachment to DVD Studio Pro and recommend cutting
that off the allocation and going forth with the iMac as planned.  I
presume sipb-ec needs to make a noise here, as this regards changing an
allocation post-vote.

--Cana McCoy

On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, John Hawkinson wrote:

> > Ruth Jedlinsky <rls@dimins.com> wrote on Tue, 30 Apr 2002
> >
> > Unless there's a HUGE educational discount that I don't know about,
> > DVD Studio Pro costs $999.
> > I know because we purchased it recently.
>
> David C. Jedlinsky <opus@MIT.EDU> wrote on Tue, 30 Apr 2002
> at 14:02:16 -0400 in <200204301802.OAA14057@multics.mit.edu>:
>
>
> > >	jhawk: Friendly amendment to add $200 for DVD Studio Pro.
> >
> > Curious: How are you able to get DVD SP for $200?  The academic price
> > is $499.  Also, I'm not convinced the iMac meets the minimum system
> > requirements for DVD SP (needs an Apple-supplied 4xAGP graphics card;
> > iMac is 2xAGP).
>
> I made a guess, and I guess it was way off.
> Though the upgrade is only $200 if you have a cheaper version.
>
> I suppose we should worry about this.
>
> --jhawk
>