Final Cut Express HD and the Macbook Pro

I just purchased a Macbook Pro along with final cut express HD. After purchase I read that FCE HD won't work with the macbook pro. I was hoping to see if anyone knew if they were coming out with an upgrade to the universal version like they are with Final Cut Pro.
Intel based macbook pro Mac OS X (10.4.4)

That will not work. Ian's solution is for dual core G5s and PCIe based iMacs. It does not address Intel based machines like the 2006 iMac and the MacBook Pro. These machines will have to wait till the end of March for the release of new Universal Binary software to run on them. It's possible FCE3 will never run and will need to be upgraded to another version. If you recently purchased FCE HD to run it on this new computer, I'd suggest, if you can, to return it until the position on the new software becomes clear.

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Seems like an awful waste of money...
Does anybody know of a way around this?
- or is there someone I can sue?!

peetapix wrote:
My Final Cut Express 3.5 will not install onto my new macbook pro 10.8.4
There is a bug in the installer program that will not allow it to install into a Lion or Mt. Lion Mac. However FCE 3.5 is a Universal app, which will run on Intel Macs without reference to Rosetta.
Due to its age, there may be some incongruities in this program when run in Lion or Mt. Lion.
peetapix wrote:
Seems like an awful waste of money...
How recently did you purchase this program; and did you purchase it new? Have you been able to get use from this purchase on your previous Mac?
peetapix wrote:
Does anybody know of a way around this?
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http://www.jeremyjohnstone.com/blog/2012-03-11-installing-final-cut-pro-studio-2 -0-on-mac-os-x-10-7-lion.html
peetapix wrote:
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Depending upon your answers to my inquiries above: yourself perhaps?

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The offer only lasts until the end of December and after that it'll probably go back up to $699.
Also I wanted to point out that you're in the Final Cut Express forum asking about Final Cut Pro. Not a huge deal but in the future you might get better results asking Final Cut Pro related questions in the Final Cut Pro forum.
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actually, it should work. Hit ESC when that message comes up.
FWIW: I can run the program, etc, but after a bit of time, especially when rendering, it starts to toss error messages to the console. Pretty soon (thousands of errors later) it hangs the machine (usually the culprit looks like syslogd taking most of your cpu cycles). Then FCE has to be force-quit and everything is lost.
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You need the Intel version of FCS, which is version 2.
Should run you about $499.00 when it ships next month.
Apple has an inexpensive upgrade available for nearly fifteen months and was promptly displayed at its web site.
That expires on March 19th.
It pays to stay in the loop I guess.
I'm less patient than Jim.

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hey there DavoMrMac,
according to Apple's 'site:
System Requirements
Macintosh computer with 500MHz or faster PowerPC G4 or G5 (550MHz for PowerBook G4) or Intel Core Duo
512MB RAM
Display with 1024-by-768 (or higher) resolution
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Mac OS X 10.4.6 or later
QuickTime 7.0.4 or later
HDV features require 1GHz or faster processor and 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)
500MB disk space required for applications; additional 16GB of additional storage space for Soundtrack and LiveType content (can be installed on separate disks)
DVD drive for software installation
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http://www.fcpbook.com/Misc1.html
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301182
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Can you describe exactly what you are doing and where the problem occurs?
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possible to copy the app without using the
installation disks, although these methods of
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This doesn't make sense now that I think about it. If the Application is purely a PowerPC app, then copying to an Intel machine it or re-installing it from scratch should make no difference. The same stuff is all going to be installed anyhow.
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