Contrary to Apple's claims, Final Cut Express does work with Rosetta.

Using a rather simple hack, Final Cut Express works well actually. I was impressed that it wasn't as slow as the other apps I had tried in Rosetta. With some more RAM in my iMac, it should be tolerable until the Universal version is available.
Trick to get it running is here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=335392&tstart=0

Well, it works for a lot of people and it's now working for me. I suppose some features may not work but I haven't found them yet. It's running faster than it did on my G4 and I've already edited a short piece and printed it back to video.
In fact it even works on my iBook G3 600. That's FCP 4 on an iBook G3 600. I'm certainly not throwing any Naettress film effects on but I'm cutting video. And now I can take it on the road. Man, wish I'd have known this earlier.
Anyway, this will certainly allow me to wait until Apple gets the bugs worked out of the first UB versions of the Studio suite before dumping yet another $700 in the kitty. But, hey, it's Apple stuff and it's cool and I'll do it...yet again!

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