Macbook pro + Final Cut studio 2

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Can all of the Macbook pros run final cut studio 2

 

[Punker]

I dont own a macbookpro yet (its on the way), but this is what i saw here:

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs/

Minimum Requirements to Install All Final Cut Studio Applications:

* A Macintosh computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, or Intel Xeon processor
* 1GB of RAM
* An AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
* A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
* Mac OS X v10.4.11 or Mac OS X v10.5.5 or later
* QuickTime 7.5.5 or later
* A DVD drive for installation

I see the 13-inch pro and the 15-inch pro (low end) have an integrated graphic adapter, so i assume it wouldnt work on them.

In this thread (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/718284/), the OP claims that the GPU doesnt matter and is useless for most if not all, may people seem to agree. I do not and i am pretty sure (the min req for final cut pro proves it) that it DOES matter and without a dedicated video adapter it's probably not possible to even install this software.

So i believe to use this software as it's intended to, you do need a video adapter that is NOT shared with RAM.

 

[MitchT]

I dont own a macbookpro yet (its on the way), but this is what i saw here:

http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs/

Minimum Requirements to Install All Final Cut Studio Applications:

* A Macintosh computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, or Intel Xeon processor
* 1GB of RAM
* An AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
* A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
* Mac OS X v10.4.11 or Mac OS X v10.5.5 or later
* QuickTime 7.5.5 or later
* A DVD drive for installation

I see the 13-inch pro and the 15-inch pro (low end) have an integrated graphic adapter, so i assume it wouldnt work on them.

In this thread (https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/718284/), the OP claims that the GPU doesnt matter and is useless for most if not all, may people seem to agree. I do not and i am pretty sure (the min req for final cut pro proves it) that it DOES matter and without a dedicated video adapter it's probably not possible to even install this software.

So i believe to use this software as it's intended to, you do need a video adapter that is NOT shared with RAM.

Except that the MBPs have integrated NVIDIA GPUs and not Intel GPUs. I think this distinction is put in so people don't try to run it on a computer with a GMA 950 or x3100.

The 9400m on the MBPs should be more than enough to install and run Final Cut properly.