Isn’t anybody outraged!

[Samuel Frazier]

There’s a discussion about it here:

https://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?128@442.dj4va2ZeUL1.0@.68bcdaab

I don’t believe the final verdict is in, but you can get the instructions to give it a try here:

https://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/final_cut_pro_on_old_macs.html

[Walter Biscardi]

[John Calhoun] “Is it me or is it not incredible that we can purchase a quad-processor, 4 gigs of ram, and an awesome video suite for $5500???

Props to you, Apple.”

It’s not just you. Apple has really priced out FCP Studio at a tremendously reasonable price for everything you get with it. Coming from both AVID and Media 100 in my background, it definitely is amazing how little we pay for the amount of creative power we get.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Walter Biscardi]

[Erik] “I will try to find a DP 2.7!”

Try? They’re on the Apple Store site. Just go to the G5’s then look in the upper right corner. PCI-X G5’s are available brand new direct from Apple.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Walter Biscardi]

[JeremyG] “and also this: (sorry I don’t know how to make active links in Safari without writing a bunch of code)

” target=”_blank”>https://tinyurl.com/418d”

the guitar solo totally rocks!

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com

Now editing “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Debe]

The first all digital room I worked in back in the early ’90’s cost over $750,000 to build.

After spending about $30,000, I can do more in my basement now than I could in that room.

Just a little perspective.

debe

[Justin Barham]

It is kinda weird. However, it’s not so much and issue of it not working, just that you have to do a little extra. It involves editing a plist file in FCP 4.5 and changing “PCI” to “AGP.” Of course, it won’t be officially supported then.

“Control-Click on the Final Cut Pro application and select show package contents.
Open the contents folder and open info.plist.
Search for AGP replace it with PCI.
Save and close the file.
Open FCP4, and voila it works.”

(courtesy of LAFCPUG forum member “andee.”)

I don’t think this is a money grubbing move on Apple’s part. The older versions just couldn’t predict the new hardware. Although, I think Apple should offer a little patch for FCP 4.5 to correct the issue. If not, well, that is a bit lame.

– justin barham –

[Francois Xavier]

my car ok

Documentary Director & Editor
Paris /France

[Sean Oneil]

[John Calhoun] “Is it me or is it not incredible that we can purchase a quad-processor, 4 gigs of ram, and an awesome video suite for $5500???”

Actually, you can already get quad-cores from HP and other PC vendors. But believe it or not everybody, those too do not have a legacy AGP slot. I mean co’mon, can you believe it? You can’t spend $5000 on a new computer without having to also buy a new $300 graphics card as well. The nerve of these people!

😉

Sean

[Tom Wolsky]

Then don’t buy the computer. Sounds to me like Apple will lose money on this, not make it.

[Tom Wolsky]

Write a patch for an obsolete version of software? How about a patch for v4, or v3. Or why can’t my FCP2 or even 1.2.5, which was probably the most solid version of the application. run in OS X, let alone on a dual core machine.