Maybe it would help if you explain WHY you want a G5. You're not buying into the phony speed hype are you?

G5 because I want speed , & ability to Up grade, & I want to learn to use MAYA & 3d animation software to make medical teaching materials

& because Macs are much better at making DVDs

Seems like you need to do a little more research before you buy anything because you have obviously been misinformed on a few things.

Apple from its beginning way back in the 70's has LIED about speed relative to PC speed resorting to what most in the know consider stupid marketing hype. PCs can burn DVD's as well Macs. It seems you're confused with software issues verses hardware and operating system issues. Making a DVD (the actual burning process) is a matter of hardware, authoring is relative to the software you use. Macs can't make "better" DVD's because the process is the SAME regardless if you use a Mac or PC.

I want to get an Apple G5 & Run Vegas , will it work ?


No,,, If you must get a G5 for other applications but still want Vegas buy a PC too, prices are so low , probably less than the software you will buying for the Mac.Render out of Vegas For your DVD stuff.

Life can be so cruel....i mean cool. Virtual Machines are ok for running older software programs however the stability that you get from Vegas on its Native Platform would be sacrificed by trying to get it ported to a mac. Im not anti-mac by any means, but thinking that you would get some added benefit running on a G5 is not rationale. The overhead to run OSX and virtual pc on the same machine would mitigate any "speed" advantage. If you like the looks of the G5 then get FCP or similar product. FCP is a decent program. If you like Vegas then get a PC. These are just tools to create. Getting vegas to run on a G5 isnt going to make you a better video editor.

In my ideal world we would all be using BeOs on Alpha Processors. But ive always been a dreamer.

Or just do like I do and run a PC and a Mac, get yourself a little KVM switch and a Mac/PC compatable keyboard and you're all set. You can switch between mac and pc with a simple flip of a switch.

I am pretty much platform agnostic, I choose the software and run it on the type of machine for which it was written.

Even if it would work, trying to run Vegas on a MAC with a PC emulator simply makes no sense and would be an excercise in total frustration. If you want to run Vegas, buy a PC.

John

Thanks to every one for their comments

I have both, a new PC & a new Mac G4 with Final Cut Pro
I think Vegas is much better for titles & general editing, which I use a lot off for making educational min documentaries for my hospital

I have a new Pent 4 2400 Hz & 1GB Ram
It runs Vegas fine, but when I try to render to tape, or try to make an MPG2
it takes for ever

So what is the best way around this

What actually is......... a little KVM switch & does it combine the power of the computers

A KVM switch is a "Keyboard Video Mouse" switch. It allows you to use a single keyboard, mouse, and monitor with more than one computer. Typically they have A/B switches and you'll connect one computer to the A side of the switch and the other computer to the B side. When you flip the switch, the screen will show the other computer and the mouse and keyboard control it.

If you've already got keyboards, mice, and monitors for both computers then this switch wouldn't be necessary. For that matter, since your computers are a PC and a Mac, the keyboards & mice aren't compatible anyway so the switch wouldn't work.

Yeah, the rendering time is Vegas's major weakness. I do my renders overnight and it's not so bad.

Laurence Kingston

If you are going to go the Mac route, get Final Cut Pro. It is a great product for the Mac computer line. Doesn't hurt to learn on several software NLE's.
Personally, I love Vegas. But in this business, it pays to know them all.