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R2D2 MacPro end of the line?
It’s fairly well documented that FCP7 isn’t a big fan of dual GPUs, particularly when dual displays are connected to different GPUs. With dual GPUs being standard for the new MP and Thunder ports routing displays who knows where, can anyone offer a stability forecast for FCP7 and the R2D2 MacPro?
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The thing isn’t even out yet. No one has one. And no doubt it will ship with the new Mavericks OS. That OS won’t support FCP 7…Moutain Lion doesn’t (it works for some, not for others).
But I wouldn’t put a lot of faith in a machine due out later this year to run software that is 4 years old, and software Apple no longer attempts to make compatible with their hardware and OS.
If you are going to stick with FCP 7…keep an old machine to run it on. If you are going to look for more current NLEs…then I’d say consider the new MacPro.
Shane
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Yeah, I’m w/Shane that the new OS is most likely the breaking point. I’ve run FCP 7 on a machine w/2 GPUs connected to different monitors and it worked fine. Color wouldn’t launch but FCP 7 seemed not to care.
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I’m primarily using Premiere CC (prerelease) but I find a quick trim on a ProRes clip FCP is convenient. No need for a project file to make a few quick edits. Just thinking out loud and wondering if this is going to be the breaking point.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIbEj1CIpuU
Look, we all knew it couldn’t last, once X was debuted. If your operation can continue, using the older gear and FCS3, just park it as a fixed point in time and use it as long s it still makes sense for you. At some point, an O.S. change or hardware changes will create a newer mac system that breaks or no longer runs FCP7. Then you say: “so long, it was a great ride”, and you go out and get something new.
“I want more life, FATHER!”
“You were made as well as we could make you”“But not to last”.
“The flame that burns twice as bright, burns half as long, and you, my dear FCP7, have burned so VERY brightly. Revel in your time!”
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There I have a question in this context, Shane:
I am about to get a HacMac Best, that will have MacOSX 10.8 installed, since it will also have to run Thunderbolt.
The Computer has a 2 GB NVidea 680 Card.Will I still be able to run my beloved FCP 7.0.3. on this machine, or not?
Greetings,
Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
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Hackintosh? Your guess is as good as anyone else’s.
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Take aside its a Hakibtosh. Would it run on a normal MacPro on 10.8 with a 680 card?
Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
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[Shane Ross] “Mavericks OS. That OS won’t support FCP 7”
Has this been proven beyond a doubt?
Joel Peregrine/Wedding Films|WeddingFilms.com|YouTube Channel
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Oh Shane, please, say that’s not true. After getting now also into AVID, I understood again, how great FCP 7 is.
That would mean This OS would be not getting on my computer for quiet some time.Greetings,
Sascha Engel
TIME BANDITZ Productions
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Joel and Sascha, no it is not proven that FCP7 will not run on Mavericks.
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