Macbook Pro Good for Video Work?

Hello everyone,
I was just wondering if the Higher end 15" or 17" Macbook Pro would be adequate for video editing with FCP? Does anyone use laptops for video editing? I previously used a 2007 MBP and it wasn't very good with rendering and real time playback.
Thanks,
Chris

Hi Chris,
I don't do much video work myself but I have a pool of users who do that I support on campus. I asked one of them after seeing your post and this is the response I got:
+I definitely recommend to the user to get the machine with 512MB of VRAM and upgrade to 8GB if it's a production machine where time is money. While the 17s we have get the job done, they're not our primary production units, they're our mobile, "in the field" units for quick touch up or editing work. We have a series of Mac Pros that do the majority of our work and given the price vs. performance comparison between a Mac Pro and a 17" MacBook Pro the Mac Pro far exceeds the portability advantage.+
Hope that helps.

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