Mac Book won't edit HVX let alone run Final Cut (what the %#^&@)

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eliotbaring

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I just found out that the Mac Books will not run Final Cut Pro. I like to think i keep up with Apple but i have never fu*&^ng heard about that!!!
My friends just ordered them for Final Cut. I think apple have been pretty sneaky about this on their site. The only mention is on the tech specs, but even there it does not openly say "I won't work", but instead lists the graphics cards needed which most consumers don't read, I got lucky and ordered a MBP but god, i feel jipped.

Is it possible to replace the graphics card in them?

Does anyone feel the same?

Barry Green had this to say about the mac book with Final Cut "You can't really use a MacBook at all with FCP; FCP comes up and says "won't run, no AGP card". So you're looking at getting a MacBook PRO, not a MacBook."

The specifications for FC Studio say:
AGP Quartz Extreme or PCI Express graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not supported on systems using the Intel Extreme Graphics 950 GMA)

Regular MacBooks use the Intel 950 GMA.
 
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I was on the verge of getting a macbook pro, but if this is indeed the case then I'll go for a tower instead. Thanks for the info!
 
I have a Macbook Pro with two gigs of ram and the 100 gig 7200 rpm hard drive and all is good. No problems. I designate an external SATA drive for media and rendering. It is a real speedster. In addition to editing video from my HVX... I also have an AJA Io attached so that I can continue editing my Beta SX and Beta SP video. The Macbook Pro is a great machine.
Jim
 
Jim Carswell said:
I designate an external SATA drive for media and rendering. It is a real speedster.
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Can you elaborate on the external storage? What card are you using to connect to it and what drive(s) are you connecting to? What data transfer rate or number of streams are you achieving?

I'm planning on getting a MBP soon. I'm looking for external storage, probably a RAID 3 or RAID 5. I'm considering the G-Tech G-RAID Pro, but would like to know more about SATA options too and how they compare in terms of price and speed.

Thanks.
 
Keep in mind that the MacBook is not the MacBook Pro.

The first has an integrated video card, and no Express/Card 34 slot.

The second has a discrete video card, and the ability to add a FW and/or eSATA card.
 
My Macbook Pro is playing the role of pacifier as I wait until the first of the year to purchase the new Intel Mac Pro tower with Kona 3 card and Fiber channel storage. As a result I did not invest a great deal in my current storage solution. I purchased the G-SATA 500 GB drive. It is performing very well. I also copy all my footage to a firewire drive as a means of permanent storage and security. It sits on the shelf in my office. I am using the SeriTek/2SM2-E Serial ATA Expresscard/34 adaptor to connect the G-SATA to my Macbook Pro. I've had no hic-cups or problems with this set up. I've had as many as three streams of 1080/60i. I've had no reason, up until now, to go beyond three streams.
Jim
 
David S. said:
SIIG sells both ExpressCard/34 FW and eSATA cards.
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Do you use a FW card because you've used up all the ports on your MBP? Are you using eSATA for external storage? If so, what drives do you use?
 
Jim,

Thanks for your help. I couldn't figure out if that SeriTek adapter would work with non-SeriTek drives, so thanks for clearing that up. Sounds dumb, I know, but all the press releases/ product descriptions seemed to imply it was made for SeriTek drives.

It's interesting you chose hard drives for archiving. I was looking at different tape drives (DLT, LTO, VXA,) and finally came to the conclusion that storing an internal hard drive was the lower cost option.

--Jeremy
 
Barry Green had this to say about the mac book with Final Cut "You can't really use a MacBook at all with FCP; FCP comes up and says "won't run, no AGP card". So you're looking at getting a MacBook PRO, not a MacBook."

The specifications for FC Studio say:
AGP Quartz Extreme or PCI Express graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not supported on systems using the Intel Extreme Graphics 950 GMA)

Regular MacBooks use the Intel 950 GMA.

I know the Mac Book Pro runs it very well with it out performing a duel 2GHz tower in a lot of bench mark tests. I;m just so annoyed that Apple did not make it clear that mac books don't support FCP.

I have read numerous posts online where people of been told by Apple reps that they do not run FCP.

Has anyone run Final Cut Studio successfully on a new Mac Book? I'm talking 5.1 here.
 
eliotbaring said:
I'm just so annoyed that Apple did not make it clear that mac books don't support FCP.

I have read numerous posts online where people of been told by Apple reps that they do not run FCP.

Has anyone run Final Cut Studio successfully on a new Mac Book? I'm talking 5.1 here.
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The system specifications for hardware have been at the Apple web site since the release of FCP 5.1.

Anybody running a pro app on a non discrete video card is going to have issues.
 
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