upgrading to final cut x

[Tom Wolsky]

None of these applications will run on your computer.

All the best,

Tom

“Final Cut Pro X for iMovie and Final Cut Express Users” from Focal Press
Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Coming in 2012 “Complete Training for FCPX” from Class on Demand

[Craig Seeman]

There’s some confused information there.
What’s an iMac G5? It’s either PPC or Intel.
Intel Core2Duo is a bit underpowered these days.
As per “storage” you generally should not be accessing media from the system drive as it’s also running the OS and Applications.
A new i5 or i7 iMac with Thunderbolt would give reasonable power, some expansion for video i/o and external storage.

[Jim Giberti]

[Tom Wolsky] “None of these applications will run on your computer.
“

That might be the best news he gets about FCPX.
As of our last lost week “working” with the buggy mess that is fcpx 1.0.3, I am officially advising anyone and everyone to stay clear of it until Apple makes it a professional, stable environment.

[James Carroccio]

I am sure it will run on my computer just fine.

I read the minimum system requirments for fcpx and I believe that my iMac will be able to run it.

Thx

James
Camera Operator/Production Tech

[Eric Santiago]

Itll run fine. Runs great on my MacBook Pro 2009 Uni.
I dont do long formats on it and even I did, I would be smart about it and piece meal the project to save space.
I dont think the app takes up much space, both maybe close to 2GB.
Not sure about Compressor.

[James Carroccio]

Thank you for the advice!

Do you prefer fcpx to other NLE’s?

I am hearing mixed reviews.

Cheers.

James
Camera Operator/Production Tech