Can't install Final Cut Studio 2 because "PowerPC applications are no longer supported"

Bought a brand new 15" MacBookPro OS X 10.7 2.2Ghz Intel Core i7 and tried to install Final Cut Studio 2. Got the error message "You can't open the application FinalCutStudio.mpkg because PowerPC applications are no longer supported." Oh no, does this mean I have to spend more money!???

I'd like to provide an update on this situation in case anyone is in the same boat I am.
I went to the Apple store today. I asked if I could downgrade my operating system. They said no, since it came pre-installed with Lion. I asked if Final Cut Studio 3 was compatible with Lion. They said yes, for the most part. They said there was an issue exporting video in 1080p.
Of course, conveniently Apple is no longer selling FCS3 and the ones on Ebay I saw have gone up to more than $650 a copy. I am out $400 for stupidly buying FCS2 a few months ago, which is now useless to me. I told the Apple guy that I'm not buying FCS X until they work out all the kinks. This leaves me with this laptop that I bought for video editing with no editing software to use.
I never thought I'd say this, but I'm actually considering getting Premiere Pro now for Apple, which is supported in Lion and is running a deal for 50% off. (http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/faq.html#lion-os) If Apple doesn't start selling FCS 3 again, they are really not giving me any choice but to switch!

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for

  • XML SQL Utility error - SQLException Data size bigger than max size for this type

    I am trying to insert an XML document the contains the text of new articles into the database and I am receiving this error on large documents. The process flow is as follows: From a servlet: 1. Query the news server and retrieve an XML document cont

  • Free Issued material from client

    Hi Gurus, I have a scenario where we have manufacturing line of standard products. We use standard PP funcationalities. Only non-standard requirement is few orders where part of the material is FREE ISSUED by client. I do not want to create different

  • Urgent - please help with parsing HTML

    Hi, I'm very new to Java - i'm a biology major, actually, but taking this class for fun. Unfortunately, I'm having quite a bit of trouble with it. I've written a class that downloads a web page, converts it to a string, and then sends the string to a

  • IPhone icon disappears in iTunes when attempting to sync.

    When I plug my iPhone 3G into my Macbook Pro the iPhone icon pops up in iTunes as it should and it begins to sync. However, after a few seconds the icon disappears although the phone still says "Sync in Progress." I end up having to cancel the sync f

  • How to keep image from moving when cropping?

    I have been using LR for quite a while, but all of a sudden when I crop a photo, the image slides to the left or right and out of view. In the past when I move the crop frame the photo would not move, that way I can see exactly how much of the photo