Final Cut Express 4

[imacg5guy]

hi, I was wondering if someone could tell me if FCE 4 if compatible with my G5 PowerPC, now before you start calling a 'mac noob' i realize it 'should' install, but i tried to install my cousins FCE 2 and the graphic card isn't supported! the same with his FCE HD as well! they don't work because of my graphic card, now, FCE 4 is recent and well, he doesn't have it.... so i can't test it will work with my graphic card! its like a lucky dip, £130 on something that doesn't work isn't wise.... So now the question you wil be asking, what is your graphic card? in system profiler it says -

Chipset Model:ATY,RV370

i think that means something please please help! this question has to be answered before the 12th of february, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HEEELP! also, if it doesn't work, if i want to edit a movie, can i go to the apple store and take my movie clips on a memory stick and edit them at the apple store on the Imacs?

thanks!

[Giaguara]

FCE 4 system requirements:

A Mac computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core Duo 2, or Intel Xeon processor
- For AVCHD: A Mac computer with an Intel processor
• 1GB of RAM or more
• An AGP or PCI Express graphics card compatible with Quartz Extreme; or an Intel GMA integrated graphics processor in a MacBook or Mac mini computer
- Some FxPlug filters are not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors.
• A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
• A DVD drive for installation
• Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
• QuickTime 7.2 or later
• 500MB of disk space to install Final Cut Express and LiveType
• Additional 500MB to install LiveType content
* Upgrade information: Requires a previous commercial version of Final Cut Express (version 1, 2, 3, or HD 3.5) for installation. Academic and not-for-resale versions are not eligible for this upgrade.

Which version of OS X are you using now? (10.4?)
And if in doubt about the graphics, look at System Profiler, or www.apple-history.com and look for your model - that will have the graphics card listed as well. And https://selfsolve.apple.com/GetWarranty.do should list more details based on your serial number.

[imacg5guy]

OK, thank very much, so now i know what is wrong, is there any other software there is that is roughly the same price and does the same job? can you recommend anything for me?

thanks

[Giaguara]

Depending on what exactly you will want to do featurewise...
Which version of iMovie did come with your system? Usually iMovie allows more to be done than you think - especially iMovie 06 (and would not bee too pricy).
(Too bad FCE 3 is out of question too? I'm mostly used to those, and as an alternative Ubuntu Studio.. )