Final Cut Express Needs Update for MBP

Well the lovely people at the Apple store sold me Final Cut Express for my MBP and I'm getting the AGP error... finding out I'm not alone helps somewhat. Just wondering when they are going to update it. LiveType is working, which I'm very thankful for. Seriously though, If it's not gonna work, why'd they sell it to me

Peter, that's actually a poor comment - as a customer of one of the more pricy brands, how much work do you have to invest to get basic Wall Mart style service? On apple.com they actually tell us how much faster Final Cut works on intel, so how much homework is required to find out it doesn't even run on it, yet? I bought my MacBook Pro expressly to let this application run on it - and my provider remembered the incompatibility immediately after I came back into the store, mumbling about AGP and stuff - look: I just want to edit films - not open source files and type things in there (and then FCE actually runs slower than on G4, as an aside). Your comment is wrong.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.5)

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It sounds like you have an Intel iMac. You can ignore the AGP error message, but you will find that FCE2 does not run well on the Intel iMacs.
You really should upgrade to FCE 3.5, which is the correct version for the Intel Macs. You will have to purchase it; it cannot be downloaded.

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Also, be aware that there are a lot of "not quite AVCHD" camcorders on the market (sometimes they say they record video as MPEG4-H.264/AVC) - buyer beware!
Most everything you are going to find on the market today is HD, which stands for "high-def".
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Hi and welcome to the Apple Discussions!
Since FCE has a relatively steep learning curve, I would recommend getting one of two training books:
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2. [Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Express 4|http://www.amazon.com/Apple-Pro-Training-Final-Express/dp/0321534670/ref=sr14?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240437118&sr=8-4] by Diana Weynand. Though I can't vouch for it personally, I have heard from many people who were pleased with their experience learning from this book, and I'm sure it is quite good also.
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[Click here for one site.|http://www.izzyvideo.com/learn-final-cut-express>
[Click here for another!|http://www.rippletraining.com/freetutorials_oldies_butgoodies.html?cms=88e1757dd929cacb053b6d1670b3f45e]
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24195?viewlocale=enUS&locale=enUS
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Thk!
Bonjour,
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