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4.5 hd is still solid make the move ?
we have three machines that are all using fcp 4.5 hd
two of the machines are g-5 dual 2.0’s the third is an older g4 dual 1.0
this verison of 4,5 has been very solid for us…
my question is…is it worth making the jump to 5.xx ?and risk all the problems…or should it be seemless (which from my experience it never quite is)
thanks for any input.
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There are many improvements in 5.1.2. If I were you, I would make the move. You will have no problems.
Rumor has it, the price of the crossgrade is going to change sometime soon.Steve Eisen
Eisen Video Productions
Director-At-Large
Chicago Final Cut Pro Users Group -
Upgraded 4 G5 dual 2 gig and 2 G5 dual 2.3 gig boxes when the 5.1 crossgrade became availible. The ONLY issue we had was older projects with Boris 3D titles. Kerning and leading were all messed up. The only reason we’re holding off on 5.1.2 is we’re in the middle of a bunch of work. Go for it.
joe
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[Steve Eisen] “Rumor has it, the price of the crossgrade is going to change sometime soon.”
This isn’t a rumor, the special price for the crossgrade is scheduled to end December 20, 2006. To go from 4.5 to 5.1x FCP Studio currently costs $199. If you wait, it will cost $1299.
here’s the link to the crossgrade page on Apple: https://www.apple.com/universal/crossgrade/
If you have reasons for continuing to cut on 4.5, you can still do so. I’m not sure how well 5.1 will run, if it does at all, on your G4 machine. Remember, just because you buy the crossgrade doesn’t mean you need to install it immediately. But buying now will save you $3300 in the future – enough to upgrade the G4.
The other downsides are that eventually you will run into support and compatibility issues (with folks’ lack of expertise on older versions of the software, with newer versions of the OS, and other apps).
just my $.02.
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thanks guys…
guess we’ll take the plunge
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