Can't view movie trailer in Mac stores.

[troublechuter1]

Hello. I have been considering purchasing a Macintosh, but my wife and I have run into a couple of things that I find very disheartening and very disillusioning. (I'm considering laying out $3500.00 for a Macintosh but that's a loooot of money to spend if the machine won't do some very basic things that it really should do, especially when lots of folks claim that Mac's do graphics and video well.)

Item #1. We have been to many Macintosh "stores" and tried out various Macintoshes to view the following movie trailer:

http://www.thesecondchancemovie.com/

(Click on the QT "STREAMING" link.)

In EVERY store that we've been to and on EVERY Mac that she and I have tried, the trailer appears to start OK, but then chokes. It gets to a point were severe pixelating/blocking occurs and the viewer just hangs. On some machines/in some stores it chokes very soon into the viewing, but most of the time, it fails about halfway through. But, no matter where it fails, we can never finish viewing it.

What I would like to know is WHY??

Can anyone verify that they can view the entire trailer without it choking and with no weird glitches/anomalies, etc.?

Were I to get a Mac, I would be hooking it up to my DSL setup at home, through a Netgear (wired) router/switcher. If having something like a router between the Mac and the DSL modem is going to slow things down significantly, then I will definitely have to think VERY seriously against the Mac.

2. Greeting Cards. Does anyone use their Mac for this? If so, what program(s) do you use? I find that many people say that "oh yeah, I think this or that program will do greeting cards" but I have yet to come across anyone who can give me a solid product name that people actually use and that actually works?

Can someone provide links to websites of suitable programs--especially to websites that have screenshots?

I've tried Pages and the newer version of iPhoto (I think that's what it was), and it sure seems very, very, very kludgy to me. I have a Hallmark Greeting Card program for my PC which, although isn't perfect--by comparison runs circles around anything that I've tried on a Mac so far. I continue to be blown away by this and am befuddled as to why Mac's, being supposedly the strong graphics/video machines that they are, don't seem to easily handle this task in a streamlined way.

Thanks very much in advance.

[TugBoat]

OMG!
Not Again!
https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?p=1472153&highlight=#1472153
I'm beginning to think 'Troll'...

[lawnman]

[AntnyMD]

You'll be better off with a PC. Why? Nine of 10 trolls prefer PCs to Macs.

[galactica]

1. the trailer plays superbly on mine. It loads with no glitches or problems. Perhaps the "standard" install which is what they have on the display models doesnt have a proper codex for that form of the trailer.
2. It would be a shame to not get a mac because a router slows down an internet line[which is debatable if you ask me] You make it sound like the mac is the one slowing down the line when in fact its not. I have dsl with a wired wireless modem, 5 comptuers and 2 laptops hooked up and its not one bit slow.
3. to think a greeting card software is a comparison to the ability to handle graphics/video is like comparing a hand held camecorder shot video to a hollywood produced movie.

If you are just going to use this mac to make greeting cards on to send online via a router connection and occasionally watch online trailers, stick with a PC.

but it seems there was a lengthy conversation as to this sort of post earlier.

[Spoffo]

1. Trailer plays fine on my G5 in both QuickTime and WMV

2. The really easy app for greeting cards is Print Shop.

[OmegaSupreme]

Were I to get a Mac, I would be hooking it up to my DSL setup at home, through a Netgear (wired) router/switcher. If having something like a router between the Mac and the DSL modem is going to slow things down significantly, then I will definitely have to think VERY seriously against the Mac.

It is not unusual for there to be one or two dozen different routers and switches between your computer and the web site you are viewing. One more router or switch isn't a big deal, unless you just can't wait that extra 0.001 seconds.

Mac and PCs connect to the internet with the same hardware and protocols. I don't see why you would need extra equipment, unless you are trying to share a connection with an existing machine(s).

[Spoffo]

About a year ago, I went from a straight connection between my Mac and my Cable modem to a Linksys router used to network 2 additional Macs to this modem. There was no noticable change in web-browsing and download speeds - - very zippy before and after.

[troublechuter1]

Please accept my sincere apologies for *appearing* to troll. I never intended to even *appear* to troll, but, in retrospect, I can understand how anyone following my recent posts would have gotten that impression. I can also understand if you don't believe me. Thank you for the information and feedback. I am very sorry.