Magic stable OS X + QT combo for FCP

I'm self-moderating and moving this from a different thread:
I just ordered my Mac Pro and will be sticking with FCS1 (FCP 5.1.4) for now. I will be doing a fresh and squeeky clean install and want to make sure I have a rock solid system from the start.
Shane Ross wrote:
Magic Combo for FCP 5.1.4:
OS 10.4.11 or 10.4.10
QT 7.1.6. 7.3 also works fine...but 7.1.6 is solid.
What about using with OS X 10.5? I'm looking forward to the OS upgrade which comes along with the hardware.

Zebulun wrote:
Do yourself a favor and move to FC Studio 2.
Is that an offer to cover the cost?
I very much want to move to FCS2, I don't need to be talked into it at all -- but it just is not in my budget at the moment. I've already sunk into as much debt as I can handle with the machine upgrade.
Zebulun wrote:
Shane is right with those versions. Do a bit of searching and you'll find folks have problems with QT 7.4.x and FCP 5.1.4
I actually haven't had any issues at all running FCP 5.1.4 with QT 7.4.1 on OS X 10.4.11. So, I guess I'm one of the lucky few.

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