Final Cut 4.5HD on Macbook?

[cvzyl]

Is there anyone running Final Cut 4.5HD on a Macbook with 1 Gb RAM? If so, how does it perform? Is it worth the (substantial) additional expense to go for the Macbook Pro for this application?

 

[MovieCutter]

FCP 4.5 is not Universal, so it won't even install unless you hack it somehow. And even then...it'll run like absolute bollocks. I wouldn't even put an Intel Mac and FCP 4.5 in the same room.

 

[cvzyl]

Thank you MovieCutter. I am new to Macs, my wife's been using it for video editing for quite a while but she is not very technically inclined.

You saved me from a potential disaster. Thanks again.

Cobus

 

[Igantius]

It's pretty cheap ugrading to upgrade it to the Universal version. If you did to this with a view to running it on a MacBook, 2GB RAM would be advisable.

FC works very very well on MBs and perfomance is basically the same as on as the previous revision of MBPs.

 

[kolax]

Final Cut Pro 6 is out now (as part of the Final Cut Studio 2 bundle) and it is UB.

Works fine on my MBP although I do have 2 GB's of RAM.

Your MB should be able to handle it fine if you add more RAM.

 

[Igantius]

Your MB should be able to handle it fine if you add more RAM.

It will indeed - in fact better than fine!