Installing FCP - REAL problems

Im having a real problem installing FCP. Everything was going alright, I installed the software and it said that it was successful, but now when I open FCP this message comes up:
Confirguration Error
This software requires certain hardware or software which is missing.
• 512MB of RAM.
and it closes again.
What can I do to finally be able to use final cut pro!?
Thanks in advance
Magdalena

How much RAM does your Powerbook have? Keep in mind that OSX needs 256mb of RAM at the very least just to operate, and your graphics cards probably shares some of the system, RAM as well. Then there's all those little background processes running that eat up a little bit of RAM here and there (you can check in Activity Monitor to see how much).
FCP requires a bare minimum of 512mb all by itself, with at least 1gb recommended, 2gb preferred. So if you only have 512mb of RAM installed, FCP won't have enough to open.
-DH

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