Column 7 How Apple’s iMovie made me a Spielberg—in just one hour
David Coursey,
Executive Editor, AnchorDesk
Wednesday, March 20, 2002
As I’ve already told you, if you’re buying a computer mostly to do digital photography, buy a Mac. Well, here’s another recommendation, based on my own recent hands-on efforts: If you’re buying a computer to make digital home movies, buy a Mac.
Both Windows XP and Mac OS X include video-editing apps. Apple’s iMovie stands up as a powerful, full-fledged application. By comparison, XP’s Windows Movie Maker comes off as an afterthought.
YES, THERE ARE commercial Windows video editors simple enough for home users. Over the next few weeks I’ll be testing a few of them. But iMovie represents the same remarkable combination ...
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