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Bookmark Button   by Erica Sadun  Do you own an older or
underpowered Macintosh? Is converting video for playback on your
iPod, Apple TV, or even PSP just asking too much from your
system? Elgato's new $100 Turbo.264 may be the solution you've
been looking for. It's a graphics co-processor in the form of a
USB dongle. Insert it in a spare USB slot, install the software,
and the Turbo.264 offloads video compression from your computer.
The Turbo.264 frees up your CPU cycles and speeds up compression
by a factor of two to ten times, depending on the base speed of
your Mac. In this article, you'll discover whether the Turbo.264
is right for you and, if so, how to use it for your video
compression needs using four handy compression methods.  Is the
Turbo.264 Right for You?  Sometimes, products cross your path
that you never knew you needed or could use until you actually
stumble upon them. If compressing video is a slow and arduous
process for you, the