Can Final Cut Studio 3 still be purchased at its original price?

Hello,
I am in the process of transferring from Final Cut Pro X to Final Cut Studio 3, but I cannot find a reliable retailer who is selling the applications for their original price ($1000). I am wondering if anybody knows if Apple stills sells Final Cut Studio 3 at its original price of $1000?
Thanks!

Shane's right Ian. I've been familiar with every rendition of Premier since it's inception. Versions 1-4 worked, sortof, but not in a manner suitable for broadcast. The first Premier Pro delivered though with the ability to play without having to render everything (which was it's main drawback until then). Premier always carried with it a major stigma as a non-pro product though so was never really taken up by many (if any) in the broadcast industry. I have many friends however who work on training video's for the web and Premier is their only edit software.
As a specialist freelancer I have to be aware of and experienced in all of the variaties of NLE software. It's interesting to see FCP go back to the stigma 'it' had back before v4HD and how similar it is to the attitudes towards it are to Premier Pro when it first came out. Yes, it is better than previous versions but isn't looked upon as a 'pro' software anymore. My kids certainly prefer FCPX to PremPro or FCP7 (or iMovie for that matter). I can't use it just yet because the Audio tools are just so lacking.
So, I beleive PremPro has actually been a 'good' app since CS2. But has definitly got better with each one. There's not that much distinction between CS5 and 5.5 so I can't work out what context this commenter states that it is 'now' a good app. They've probably only just become aware of it!
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DVD Studio Pro 4.2 (in Final Cut Studio 2) has not yet had an update that allows creating and burning a blu-ray project.
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This plays on Mac computers only and certain Toshiba HD DVD set top players.
(see here for the "how to" )
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=4436223&#4436223
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So, no, you can't make blu-ray video projects on your MacBook Pro...yet.
You can only burn data discs should you buy a blu-ray burner.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDDVD#HD_DVD_.2F_Blu-ray_disccomparison

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sometimes i have a project that will disable my desktops ability to run while it is processing.
is there any way that i can run FCP6 on my laptop at the same time and still be legal?
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Hello Brian,
Thanks for the reply. I was able to read the disc on my Macbook Pro and I copied all of the folders on the install disc onto my flash drive. I plugged it into my iMac and it gave me the following error message: The alias "Install Final Cut Studio" could not be opened, because the original item cannot be found. Delete Alias, Fix Alias, or OK. Deleting the alias just moves the install file to the trash bin. Fixing the Alias asks me to Choose the item that you want alias to "Install Final Cut Studio" to open.
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Question: Must I first uninstall the old Studio 2.
You do not need to uninstall FCS2 in order to install FCS3. All the relevant application files will be overwritten upon installation of the new version. Also consider the fact that FCS2 has Live Type.app which is not included with FCS3 so if you remove all of FCS2 by installing fresh from OS then you will lose Live Type.app. Most of Live Type/s features have been migrated into Motion 4, but if you're used to working in the Live Type application then it's something to consider when installing the new application.
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Major meltdown - Can't seem to reinstall Final Cut Studio 6

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Namdoog wrote:
I was instructed to purchase the upgrade ($300), as it will only require my serial number, and I'm told my version will not be supported soon enough as the OS evolves.
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I think the gist of what the two former responders are saying is that, if you can upgrade to software that will run natively in Yosemite, then you are seemingly much better off!
I am not a film editor (although I play one on my computer! hahahaha) but I have been told by many FCS2 users that they need ongoing access to it because of clients who ask for editorial updates to older projects. My understanding is that Final Cut Pro X will NOT open the FCS2 files for processing. Hence a valid reason to be able to install and operate FCS2 on today's modern Macs.
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Apple has created a "bug" in the attempt to install FCP6 in Lion, Mt. Lion and Mavericks, which makes it look like Rosetta is needed for a PowerPC app, the installer, so as to make it difficult for the use of FCP6 in these versions of OS X! There are three ways to install it:
1. Pacifist https://www.charlessoft.com/
2. Jeremy Johnstone's Terminal method http://www.jeremyjohnstone.com/blog/2012-03-11-installing-final-cut-pro-studio-2 -0-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion.html
3. HawaiianHippie has discovered the best and safest possible solution to this problem:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/26309669?ac_cid=tw123456#26309669
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The file, as indicated on Jeremy Johnstone's blog, is
/System/Library/CoreServices/Installer.app/Contents/Resources/PPCRequirements.pl ist
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I have not, as yet, attempted to recreate his success.

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Any advice on what problems this might cause and if I should or should not install Studio 2 on this computer?
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I think you'll be able to run Motion, as long as you stay 8 or 10 bit.
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So if you do all your work in regular 8 or 10-bit, it should work.
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I'm not sure whether your computer is a M9454LL/A or a M9555LL/A
I checked out these spec pages:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP80
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP67
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ATI RADEON 9600 XT with 128MB DDR SDRAM
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How much can i get Final Cut Studio 2?

Hi,
*in fact, i love this program so so much and i will get it to make tutorials in my blog or website as well but i can't buy it because it is so expensive for me and i'm student too,now i have some questions:-*
*1-is there discount for this program?.*
*2-can i get motion 3 only and buy final cut Express to make my tutorials?.*
*3-i don't need sound track and dvd studio so can i get custom dvd for Final Cut Studio 2 with low price?.*
*Thank you very much and keep going Apple i love you.*
*Best regards,*
*Khaled Samir.*

1. There are academic discounts directly from Apple - though I do not know how it will work outside of the US. Google Apple Education and go to the education portion of the apple website.
2&3. You can not purchase any of the applications independently from the whole Studio package or get a reduced price because you will not use one or two of them.
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