Final Cut Pro 4 Freezes at startup

Question

I have a new MacBook Pro laptop and am still running Final Cut Pro 4. I installed it, went to boot it up and saw an error message that said I didn't have an AGP graphics card. I was able to fix that with some help.
When I went to boot up the program after fixing that problem, it would start to load and then freeze at the the "loading audio filters" portion of startup, when the splash screen would come up.
I don't know what to do. I was told at the apple store, when I bought this computer that something called Rosetta would allow me to run PowerPC-based programs on this new Intel-based computer.
How can I get this problem fixed so I can run Final Cut Pro 4 on my laptop?
Any advice would be great, unfortunately right now I can't afford to upgrade. So, hopefully there is a simpler, cheaper way to do this.
Thanks,
ismagent

Answer 1

isy,
One of the things dilettantes in the computing world (or those that have drunk Apple's purple punch) fail to understand it the enormous complexity of editing moving images. Once you get your head around the difficulty of this, you will never take the bland assurances of some salesman without some independent checking.
Would you purchase a car with a satellite radio to play your old 8 track tapes just because the salesman calmly told you, "oh certainly, this baby will play those 8 track tapes better than the original players would."
+Caveat Emptor+ applies to ALL things computer - especially highly specialized applications sold by people who neither use nor understand their particular quirks.
Glad you'll get it sorted out and, in the immortal words of the Who, "won't get fooled again".
Have fun.
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