Is there a way to run Final Cut Pro on this?

I know what Apple's specs say, but I've also heard there is a trick to doing this. I must occasionally use FCP to put subtitles in films - nothing that pushes the machine I currently use too much - it's only a G4 1.5 mhz powerbook after all - so if anyone can answer this, great.
Roberto

Check out the performance. Not only does the MacBook
run FCP, but in most of these FCP tests, it beats
even a dual 2 GHz G5 Power Mac.
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id
=43717
PowerBook G4 (15
FW800); 17 iMac G5; Mac mini 1.42 Mac OS X
(10.4.6)
Great article. This is what I've been waiting for. Thanks for posting the link.
MacBook (in the pipeline)   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   Replacement for 4-year old iBook 16VRAM which recently died

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