How does Final Cut work with the Intel Mac?

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TerryMcK

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Trying to decide whether to buy the Intel Mac. Is the current version of Final Cut going to be severely handicapped?

Terry
 
I would guess that it would be the exact same as FCP for PPC, but faster (unless you have a Powermac Quad). If the Powermacs are somewhat in your price range, you might want to wait for the intel equivilent.
 
Final Cut doesn't work at all with the Intel Mac, not even in Rosetta. You will need to wait for the Universal Binary to come out (next month apparently) in order to use it with Intel Macs. The upgrade costs $49 unfortunately :(
 
Well, at least you don't have to buy a whole new set. The cross-grade is pennies compared to the $1299 FCS. Apple has to get some money to pay programmers to write the new versions.. they probably don't have enough people switched to intel to start writing intel-only programs.
 
eric2006 said:
Well, at least you don't have to buy a whole new set. The cross-grade is pennies compared to the $1299 FCS. Apple has to get some money to pay programmers to write the new versions.. they probably don't have enough people switched to intel to start writing intel-only programs.
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I guess Apple's programmers are employed, so that won't be an expense except they'll have to delay new features.

It seems reasonable that Apple will offer a free downloadable update as with Logic Pro and upcoming Aperture.
 
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