Is MBP 13" 2.66 strong enough for FCE?

I am making the switch from PC to Mac. I need a laptop for basic editing with both audio & video. I am more concerned with video editing, as my work has tons of audio PC's decked out. I should preface I work in radio, so my audio edits are mainly :10-:60 pieces. And my videos are 1-5 minutes in length, mainly YouTube stuff, I'm not trying to make Avatar here! I'm going to buy a MBP with Final Cut Express (I work with Sony Vegas Video 9.0 now). So the question! Is a 13 inch MBP 2.66 strong enough for me? Should I upgrade the ram from 4G to 8G? Or should I be looking at a 15 inch? Thanks!

Hello Atpmixx,
the MBP has definitely enough horsepower to run FCE but it doesn't have much screen real estate ... personally I'd go for the 15" screen. Be aware that you will need to add external storage in order to edit effectively. Also be aware that FCE does not handle all formats/framerates.
Upgrading the RAM will not be necessary: Final Cut is still 32-bit software and thus can't use more than 4 GB of RAM ... in other words, it'll not speed up up your render times.
hope this helps
mish

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