Macbook pro 17inch?

[Dunwoody Lampton]

BEWARE.

I tried to install my F.C.E. 3.0 HD on a friend’s MacBook (forgot which model) and it DID NOT WORK, because of something to do with the fact that my software was not “universal” – thus, making it incompatible with her MacBook. We tried looking for a software fix on-line but couldn’t find one. (I use F.C.E. for my PowerMac G5 and my PowerBook G4.) Good luck. Sorry I couldn’t shed more technical specifics on your situation, but I’m confident other veterans of this group will.

[David Battistella]

Mac gave everyone the opportunity to PURCHASE a universal binary version of legal copies of FInal Cut Pro up until about November of 2006. It was a 49$ upgrade in which you had to send your install disks to Apple and have the new disks returned within a few weeks.

THis ave Legacy users of Final Cut the opportunity to upgrade to a version that will work on INTEL based macs (the only macs they make now).

FCE will work well on the laptop. Buy external firewire drives for your media.

David

Peace and Love 🙂

[Tom Wolsky]

This is incorrect information. Final Cut Express will run without problem. You get a graphics card error, but you simply press the escape key to bypass it. It will run, but it will under Rosetta and not as efficiently as the universal binary version, v3.5, which is the currently available version.

All the best,

Tom

Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 2 Editing Workshop” Class on Demand “Complete Training for FCP5” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy” DVDs

[Dunwoody Lampton]

This is CORRECT INFORMATION, based on the fact that no “graphics error” was EVER indicated, and the escape key failed to allow the program to run. Different users may experience different results, which is certainly the case in this thread.