Macbook and fcp 5.1 compatible?! HONESTLY?!!!?

ok, so i just ordered a macbook 2.0ghz 80HD w/ 512RAM...and i just found out that apple doesn't support fcp 5.1 for a macbook(b/c no one told me otherwise). extremely disappointed b/c this what i do for a living. however i have read a couple articles stating that fcp 5.1 actually can run on macbook..and quite well...see for yourself.
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=43717
w/ that in mind, all that i am asking is will fcp 5.1 technically run ok if my RAM is maxed out and i don't use motion2 ?? ...i mean HONESTLY?? i need a third party opinion or someone who has actually came across the same problem...
please any insight to this would greatly help.(besides just buying a macbook PRO like everyone else:)
-brad
imac G5 1.8GHz and macbook 2.0GHz Mac OS X (10.4.2)

HONSESTLY!!!!
Yes, it is very compatible and works great!
I do video and film for a living and use FCP Studio 5.1.2 on my Black MacBook 2GHz/CoreDuo/2GB/160GB daily without issue. I also ran it on my PowerBook G4 12" Rev. A before getting my MacBook. I also run Avid Media Composer 2.5.3 in BootCamp under Windows XP SP2 and it works flawlessly.
Everyone in this forum that says otherwise is talking gibberish! If you think a MacBook cannot run everything and more than a PowerBook 12" 867 Rev. A, you need to think again. Of course it can! My MacBook runs FCP 5.1.2 faster than my Dual 2.5GHz G5 at the office.
Here are the requirements for FCP Studio:
General System Requirements
Macintosh computer with 867MHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo processor, or Intel Xeon processor
HD features require 1GHz or faster single or dual processors (authoring HD DVDs requires a PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo processor, or Intel Xeon processor)
512MB of RAM; 1GB of RAM for HD features (2GB recommended)
Display with 1024-by-768 (or higher) resolution
AGP Quartz Extreme or PCI Express graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not supported on systems using the Intel Extreme Graphics 950 GMA)
Motion requires the standard graphics card found in any Mac Pro, MacBook Pro, iMac Intel Core Duo, Power Mac G5, iMac G5, a 1.25 GHz or faster PowerBook G4, or a 1.25 GHz or faster flat-panel iMac.
Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later
QuickTime 7.0.4 or later
4GB of disk space to install all applications
Additional 42GB to install all optional templates, loops, content, and tutorials (may be installed on separate discs)
It is not SUPPORTED, and you'll get nowhere on the phone with tech support, but IT WORKS FLAWLESSLY. This may change with an FCP update, but then Apple would basically have to drop FCP support for all systems prior to the MacBook Pro and that's unlikely until FCP 5.5 or hopefully 6.
Please close this thread.
BlackBook Rev A, PowerBook G4 867 12 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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