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how about a macbook pro? would it work fine on that? what would be the reason for it not running well
 
FCP works great on my MBP Core Duo. Should work okay on the MacBooks for basic editing. but you'll probably have some dropped frames, slowdowns, slow renderings, etc. That's the primary problem.
I don't think that all of the FCStudio programs work on the MB [they do on my MBP].
 
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