Final Cut Studio on MacBook Pro

Will all Final Cut Studio 2 programs and features run efficiently on a new MacBook Pro 13"? If not, what MacBook Pro would be the cheapest to run it on?

Greetings,
I just upgraded to a new 3.06 GHz 17 inch MacBookPro with 4 GB of RAM from the previous generation 17 inch MacBookPro with a 2.33 GHz processor. I have noticed a tremendous increase in performance and ability to render and export with ease and alacrity.
Having said that, my general question is: Does anyone have any general advice for hardware/ video setup configurations? I am very well versed with iMovie (ha!), and now I am seriously trying to graduate to Final Cut Studio. I have made a few clips and played around with various transitions, filters, etc, but does anyone have advice for what settings I should be using?
Oh yeah, I have a Sony AVCHD Camcorder (HDR-CX7)... I am not a fan of the CMOS chip, but nonetheless, it is what I have at the moment.
Any feedback will be appreciated.
Cheers.

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When they don't run, they don't affect anything but disk space 60 gigs for it all including Templates... RAM is the key to running multiple apps on any given Mac.
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I have been told that I cannot use Final Cut Studio or FC Pro on my MacBook (2008, the one before the aluminum one 2.4GHz, 2GB Memory, 160 HD) because it is not powerful enough and that only a MacBook Pro can handle the software. Surely this can't be true? If it is, what can I do to increase my Hard Drive for it to be powerful enough? Something external? And, is increasing the Hard Drive the only thing needed if I wanted to use this software?
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esiders wrote:
I wouldn't try to use Final Cut on the white MacBook. You may be able to get it to work, but it would probably be very slow.
Remember, though you have 2GBs of RAM, the MacBook never has 2GBs available. The white MacBooks only have a 2GB capacity (you can't upgrade the RAM)
You can try it, but it may be slow.
The references about RAM aren't entirely true.
The early MacBooks (Core Duo) have an official cap of 2GB of RAM.
The first Core 2 Duo MacBooks have an Apple-supported cap of 2GB, but can use 3GB.
The late 2007 MacBook & later have an Apple-supported cap of 4GB, but users have reported success with up to 6GB.
The OP's machine can easily support additional RAM. However, due to the requirements for FCP, upgrading the RAM won't help in getting that program working. The machine is physically incompatible (wrong type of graphics processor) and the only way to deal with that is to buy a different machine.
~Lyssa

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Check out the requirements here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4664
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I just bought Final Cut Studio 3, but Im having some issues. Final Cut Pro 7 crashes at startup, everytime. Motion 4 crashes when I click on "file". Color and DVD studio works okay-ish (I havent tried them out extensively)
Could this be due to my macbook pro 4.1 not being good enough? I have 4 gb ram, 2,4 ghz, and I dont think it has integrated graphics, so it seems to pass all requirements.
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http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs/
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Final Cut Pro crashes when loading project.
Motion crashes when loading project.
Compressor won't allow me to "submit" my batch from the 'name batch' stage.
I didn't try DVD Studio or Color.
Problems started as soon as I updated. Anyone else have similar problems? I tried dumping my system preferences but that didn't help. I haven't modified or customized FCS at all, I don't have any unusual plugins - I hardly even set up customized window configurations.
Using latest Final Cut Studio (MB642Z/A)
Final Cut Pro 7.0
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Motion 4
Running OS X 10.6.2
3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 21.5" iMac
8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Thank you for any feedback. If others have similar problems, I can wait for next update (hopefully soon) otherwise I have no clue where to start.
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Process: Final Cut Pro [1209]
Path: /Applications/Final Cut Studio/Final Cut Pro.app/Contents/MacOS/Final Cut Pro
Identifier: com.apple.FinalCutPro
Version: 7.0.1 (7.0.1)
Build Info: FCPApp-910141802~4
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [124]
Date/Time: 2010-03-25 01:06:44.195 -0500
OS Version: Mac OS X 10.6.2 (10C540)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 3062 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 9
Per-App Interval Since Last Report: 1939 sec
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 8
Anonymous UUID: 2739307A-393B-4135-A387-644DE9430D3D
Exception Type: EXCBADACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERNINVALIDADDRESS at 0x00000000390302fe
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Thread 0 Crashed: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
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