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Macbook?
Will the new high end Macbook run Final Cut Pro 5?
Jason
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22 Replies
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Sure it will. But it won’t support Motion (officially anyway). The minimum specs for SD work in FCP5 call for 867hz G5 or DuoCore,
HD requires more, but still less than the MacBook puts out.
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[Jason] “Will the new high end Macbook run Final Cut Pro 5?”
It’s got a 13″ screen. Good luck trying to edit on that. 🙂
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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What the heck are you guys talking about?
It’s got a 17″ monitor and I’ve heard that Motion SMOKES on the MBP.Kevin Monahan
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The 13in screen is easily fixed with an external display for usage when you are at home. However, what about the graphics card. 64 MB, will that be able to hold its own. Especially with open gl aps like maya, after effects, motion, etc?
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Take the P away, that’s what we’re talkin bout, the new MB.
Ed[Kevin Monahan] “What the heck are you guys talking about?
It’s got a 17″ monitor and I’ve heard that Motion SMOKES on the MBP.” -
[Kevin Monahan] “What the heck are you guys talking about?
It’s got a 17″ monitor and I’ve heard that Motion SMOKES on the MBP.”Wrong machine Kevin. Not the Pro, the new Macbook.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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Ya, I have a G5 at home with an Apple 20in Cinema Display, so I’m not worried about the 13in screen.
I was worried about the GPU.
Any ideas? Anyone running FCP 5 on an Intel Mac Mini?
Jason
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I can’t really say I’m excited by the new lineup of MacBooks and MacBooks Pro. Issues:
1) No expansion slot in MacBook; only one slot in MacBook Pro.
2) Expansion slot in MacBook Pro WILL NOT natively accept Panasonic P2 cards.
3) No FW800 in the 15-inch (…IMHO, the 17-inch is just unwieldly).Don’t get me wrong, these machines look like they’ll pack one heck of a wallop. But for +$2k/$3k, not having “the little things” matters quite a bit.
p.s. “MacBooks Pro”…kinda like “Attorneys General”…right?
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I edit and author on a 1.5 17″ PB and before that a 1.0 15″ so I would say it’s more than doable.
I have a 17″ MBP on order, at NAB they the Shake Demo class were held on the 15″ MBP.
As noted if you use Motion I would look into the 15″ MBP instead.
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