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The upcoming version of Final Cut Pro [mid yearish] is said to be a major revision, I would be very surprised if it did not take advantage of your GPU. Definitely go the top end 15" MacBook Pro if you can strech your $

thanks for the info and advice. in fact, i am starting to lean towards the 6750.
 
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