• Apple Motion

  Will Motion 2 run with G4 Laptop?

  Posted by Eoin on July 28, 2005 at 11:46 pm

  Hi,

  I’ve read with interest the debate in previous posts about the best system configuarations for use with Motion 2, however I’m unsure of a few things..

  It seems the video card is one of the most important elements, is the one that comes as standard with a PowerBook G4 867MHz 512mb (my current machine) up to scratch – has anyone tried?

  Someone told me it’s impossible to expand on the vcard shipped with laptops – is this true? If so what else could I do to beef up my system, If Motion’s not an option things need to start moving faster in AE!

  thanks,

  Eoin

  Jim Kanter replied 20 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Mark Spencer

  July 29, 2005 at 5:59 pm

  Use Apple’s compatability checker app to see if you can run Motion:
  https://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/motion/specs.html
  Mark

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  Mark Spencer
  Freelance Editor/Producer
  Apple-certified instructor, Final Cut Pro and Motion
  Author, Motion Visual Quickstart Guide from Peachpit Press (coming soon)
  https://www.applemotion.net
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  Uli Plank

  August 1, 2005 at 7:11 pm

  My recent G4 PB does, I think all models with the GeForce5200Go will. It’s OK for some simple things on the road, but not really impressive.

  Even the new iBooks should do.

  Regards,

  Uli

  Author of “DVDs gestalten und produzieren”, a book on professional DVD-authoring in German.
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  Jim Kanter

  August 5, 2005 at 6:10 am

  Runs on my 2003 17″ AL powerbook (that’s going on 2 years old). Not very quickly, but it runs. 1 GB RAM, 1.33 G4, Radeon 9600 Pro w/ 64MB VRAM.

  Check video card code here:
  https://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93923

  Jim Kanter,
  Digital Film Institute
  http://www.dfilminst.com

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