What is the best computer for ISO files?

[BillieBog]

I am now putting my DVD's on hard drive in .iso format. My media pc is dieing. I have not used a Mac since the 80's. I am think of buying a Mac to be my media computer. What do you guys think??? Would love advice.

Thanks,
Billie

 

[oldjoe]

ISO files are not particular about the hardware so any PC will be OK.
MAC PC's hardware is no different that any other PC. The OS is the only difference.

 

[Zeratul]

the one thing about a mac is that anydvd and clonedvd dont work on it (unless you dual-boot windows or run a virtual machine)

 

[BillieBog]

Thanks for the comments, yes I am finding that much of my software will not run on the Mac or I will have to buy Mac versions. At present, it seems my major complaint is Vista. Maybe I should just have XP put on a new machine??? It is just depressing--I just upgraded the video card in my current machine and feel like I wasted my money.

Somewhere along the line about 2 or 3 years ago I got sucked into a hobby called "collecting movies". About a year ago, I went from copying to DVD medium to creating .iso files on hard drive--(got my first 500G hard drive on sale for $119--2 weeks ago got one for $79). I am now on number 8 and am worried about backing up. I have been using the 100% quality so have loads of 7-8G files. Frys has a 1T for $179 this weekend. If I compress to back up the .iso files, will I lose the quality. And this is truly an insane way to spend money.

Any useful advice.

 

[Zeratul]

compress as in .zip or .rar files, no i dont think you will lose quality. but to play them you will have to unzip them.

if you mean compress as in rip to a different format, or use clonedvd to make smaller files, then yes, you will lose some quality. the amount depending on the compression.

ot- i use vista ultimate 32 bit and have never had any problems, if you havent ever used it i would recommend giving it a shot