Final Cut Pro 5 on Macbook ?

[S.Templar]

Hi i just got final cut pro 5. but its realy realy realy slow on my macbook 2 Ghz intel core 2 duo memory 1gb 667 Mhz DDR2

if i load a .mov clip in it of 15 gb low quality i still cant play it withouth having to render it . and to render that clip thats about 2 minutes long it takes about 40 minutes so thats just crazy.

imovie does that stuff 100 times faster , i don't get why imovie can play my clips with effects and all and final cut pro has to render everything and can't play anything ?

 

[calebmedia]

Get More ram

For one think its a pro app. So putting it on a mac with only 1GB of ram is like trying to put a V12 2000 HP engine in a mini cooper and expecting to drag race with it...
FCP take a lot of CPU power where as iMovie does not (as much )
Try getting more ram. Its cheap and good here

 

[S.Templar]

mmm i see thanks for the explenation i would like to upgrade my ram then i saw this 4 gb kit but im wondering do you think im gonne be able to make that work with my macbook ?

these are my specs

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MB21.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.13f3



and i found somebody saying this '' Warning, the ones that have GMA950 just support 2GB.'' what does that mean ? how do i know if i got a GMA950 ??