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Well I spent the evening at the Apple Store and they tell me there are known Firewire issues in the Mac Pro that cause the performance problems in FCP. They have no workaround and no resolution timeframe for the problem. The tech mentioned that some people have been able to get around the...

Thanks Patrick, It seemes like a RAM issue to me as well, but it passes it's tests the Apple techs tried (and yes, it's the original memory installed by Apple) and only struggles with FCP, (but I don't think any other program stresses the memory like FCP). Interestingly, I've had the exact...

Hi, New convert to mac and looking fwd to getting my platform up and running. I've been in the dv biz for for many years, but always in the PC world. We purchased a Mac Pro & FCP about a month ago and am struggling with FCP - application response is very slow (constant 'spinning beach ball'...