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David-fr

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Jul 7, 2008
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Hello all,

For the past days I have been using FCP X for a work project on my MBP (see specs on Sig) and It is a nightmare.

When doing a change I have to wait 5 to 10 secs to preview it or else it lags, it randomly crashes and exits out of the blue. And even when not exporting/exporting it has my fans running at 5K!..

I thought my MBP would be enough for FCP X. I don't want to imagine someone using this software in a C2D machine or even an older Core i7 >_<!

Or is there something wrong w/ my machine?
 
I can't say I have the same experience. I've been using FCPX extensively over the last month on my MBP (2011 2.3 HRAG) and it's performed quite well. There is an occasional crash but I just reopen it and start up where I left off. I am editing off an SSD which may make a difference though.
 
I can't say I have the same experience. I've been using FCPX extensively over the last month on my MBP (2011 2.3 HRAG) and it's performed quite well. There is an occasional crash but I just reopen it and start up where I left off. I am editing off an SSD which may make a difference though.

But making edits its not HDD related.. Any suggestions to improve my performance?
 
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