Can a MacBook Air support apps like Final Cut Pro and Aperture?

I was thinking of getting a new Mac in the future and the Airs are nice. Can they run FCPX and Aperture with no issues?

"MacBook Pro, Early 2011 MacBook Pro 15 Inch 2Ghz"
Is that machine running properly?
There is a recall on that year:
Apple Recall:
https://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/
If it's running fine (or will be) you could upgrade to an SSD and max the RAM from OWC:
https://www.macsales.com/
Also not a fan of 10.10.X!

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http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.1/?lang=en#ver41812c7c
keep in mind: just the 'plain cuts', not the eye-candy iMovie offers, wil be transfered.
unfortunately it says ...:
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http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=43717
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Final Cut Pro while it does run it is not supported to do so.
Please be aware also that the report only tested functionality that is not impacted by the GPU. For instance, the MacBook will more than likely fall flat on its face, comparitively, when faced with real time effects. Using FCP is not only about rendering and encoding speeds. There are other hours, day, weeks etc infornt of FCP that does not involve neither rendering or encoding.
It is a skewed report that does not taking into the account the actual "using" of FCP.
As a cheap alternative to an MBP for portability reasons… the MB will be fantastic.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5127
Or here's the shopping list:
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OS X Mountain Lion
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5. Return to the Library folder and open the Caches folder. Move the "com.apple.FinalCutTrial" folder to the Trash.
6. Return to the Library folder and open the Preferences folder. Move the following files to the Trash:
7.
8.     com.apple.FinalCutTrial.LSSharedFileList.plist
9.     com.apple.FinalCutTrial.LSSharedFileList.plist.lockfile
10.   com.apple.FinalCutTrial.plist
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12.
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I have used external FW800 / 7200rpm drives for years and have never had a problem with any of them. I consider them very reliable but admittedly I DO NOT use consumer drives like the WD MyBook that the big-box stores sell. For the most part I assemble my own with OWC Mercury Elite enclosures. In the past few years I have centered on WD Caviar Black and WD Scorpio Black drives. I also have some Seagate Barracuda 7200.xx drives. They all perform excellently and reliably.
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I have edited a movie in Final Cut Pro and the video has been smooth all the time.
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Did you render? what are the project specs? do you use many compound clips? how much ram, hard drive space, how is the hard drive connected?
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Final Cut Pro - Wikipedia
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Does CC 2014 eliminate the need to have Final Cut Pro and/or Compressor installed to access Apple ProRes 422?

Hello:
Just today, I was working on a Mac system that does not have any of the applications that I would have expected to need to have installed in order to do more than just decompress movie files compressed with Apple ProRes 422.
I was expecting to have to install Final Cut Studio 3, Final Cut Pro X, Compressor 4, and/or QuickTime 7 with the QuickTime Pro key; however, none of those applications are installed and I am able to create custom QuickTime Apple Pro Res422 Sequences in Premiere Pro as well as export using Apple ProRes 422. After Effects and Adobe Media Encoder also show all the Apple ProRes variations.
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Hi Emil:
I use ProRes all the time as well, but I have Final Cut Studio on my workstations.
I had not come across MindPower009's YouTube video. That explains how ProRes could be showing up without FCP or Compressor.
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Even though MindPower009's YouTube video comments claim "FREE and LEGAL", it's clear from both the Apple download page and the ProRes codecs installer that Apple expects you to own at least one of their applications.
Thanks again for the link!
-Warren

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