• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Powerbook and FCP

  Posted by Tommyk on November 2, 2005 at 6:03 pm

  What spec Powerbook is needed to FCP smoothly?

  Thanks
  TK

  Bryce Whiteside replied 20 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  David Bogie

  November 3, 2005 at 3:10 pm

  See the Apple product pages for FCP.
  Depends on what you mean by “smooth,” your origination format, desired output, level of collaboration with other applications or editors, your budget, and version of FCP.

  bogiesan

  This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”
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  Bryce Whiteside

  November 3, 2005 at 11:33 pm

  Well at a minimum you are going to want the 1.67Ghz 15″ PowerBook with ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics card with 128MB DDR memory. You also want to max to memory out with 2GB which you can obtain 3rd party for places like Crucial.com–note that the brand new PowerBooks use the DDR2 PC2-4200 SDRAM now.

  HTH,
  Bryce

  Don’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…

  PowerBook 1.67 Ghz ATI 9700 128 MB 2 GB
  Final Cut Pro HD
  DVD Studio Pro 3
  Motion

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