FCP 5 and Powerbooks?

[Jerry Hofmann]

THESE are the specs:

Final Cut Studio System Requirements
Macintosh computer with a PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) or G5 processor; HD features require 1GHz or faster single or dual processor; authoring of HD DVDs requires a PowerPC G5 processor.
512MB of physical RAM; HD features require 1GB of RAM or more (2GB recommended)
Mac OS X v10.3.9 or Mac OS X v10.4 (or later); Core Image Units and 16- and 32-bit float rendering in Motion 2 require Mac OS X v10.4 or later
Display with at least 1024 x 768 resolution
QuickTime 7 (or later)
DVD drive required for installation
DLT drive required for replication of DVDs authored in DVD Studio Pro 4
AGP Quartz Extreme graphics card
Motion 2 requires the standard graphics card found on any Power Mac G5 or iMac G5, a 1.25GHz or faster PowerBook G4 or a 1.25GHz or faster flat-panel iMac. Any of the following graphics cards is highly recommended: NVIDIA GeForce FX 6800 Ultra DDL, NVIDIA GeForce FX 6800 GT DDL (NV40), ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (RV M11), ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (R350) or ATI Radeon 9800 XT (R360).
4GB of disk space required to install all applications; additional 41GB required to install all optional templates, loops, content and tutorials (may be installed on separate disks)
Playback of HD DVDs authored in DVD Studio Pro 4 requires a PowerPC G5 processor, Mac OS X v10.4 and Apple DVD Player 4.6 (or later)

So apparently you are misinformed… i.e. it will run on the current PowerBooks. and even a bunch of the previeous ones.

Jerry

[Bill]

Jerry thanks for the clarification………… maybe I was either looking for an excuse to update my PB or hoping g5 PB were around the corner?

[Scott Witthaus]

just be aware of that 41 gig of space needed if you want to load EVERYTHING from Studio on your PB….wow.

[Keith Larsen]

WOW! 41 GB of space required? Yikes. Bill, I don’t think we’ll see a G5 Powerbook any time soon. Not if they want to keep the sleek design anyway. Cooling will be HUGE issue for them. I think we’ll see multi-proc G4 Powerbooks soon enough.

-Keith

Keith Larsen
Founder
Connecticut Final Cut Pro User Group
CTFCPUG

[Joel Berry]

“DLT drive required for replication of DVDs authored in DVD Studio Pro 4”

Does anyone know if this means I can’t make a source DVD (like I currently do in DVD SP 3) and send it off for “duplication”? I realize that professional “replication” has a much higher standard of quality, thus the DLT, but is the new version going to cripple those of us who just duplicate?

Thanks,

jdb