Arnaud M. St Martin de Veyran Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Hi Guys, I'm actualy looking to get a new lab top. I'm on PC right now but i'm looking to get a Mac and i'm very interesting by the Mac Book, the regular one, not the Pro ! The only bad part of this computer is the Video Chipset which is only 64MO :angry: I'm wondering if this is enough to watch DVD easily, to make some flash websites, photoshop and also editing some simple clips like my demo reel on Final Cut Pro ? Also, that 64MO shared with the original memory so if i'm going to 2GO of memory is this going to help my video chipset ? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen Murphy Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I'm wondering if this is enough to watch DVD easily, to make some flash websites, photoshop and also editing some simple clips like my demo reel on Final Cut Pro ? Also, that 64MO shared with the original memory so if i'm going to 2GO of memory is this going to help my video chipset ? Thanks in advance. According to the apple website the mactel version of FCP isn't suppoted by the graphics card in the regular macbook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chad Stockfleth Posted July 9, 2006 Premium Member Share Posted July 9, 2006 Plenty enough to watch DVD's and edit your demo reel. The additional RAM would help with rendering and whatnot. They are very nice, and relatively cheap computers....of course, the Pro is a lot nicer. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnaud M. St Martin de Veyran Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 Stephen : According to the apple website the mactel version of FCP isn't suppoted by the graphics card in the regular macbook. Where did u get this ? Can you send me the link ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen Murphy Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/specs.html?finalcutpro "(Final Cut Studio is not supported on systems using the Intel Extreme Graphics 950 GMA)" these are the only specs given and they are for Studio as a whole. Maybe FCP alone will run and these specs are to cover the other programmes like motion etc. Probably best to ask on the apple support forums. Hope this helps, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Kellner Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 According to the apple website the mactel version of FCP isn't suppoted by the graphics card in the regular macbook. Not true! Check out this performance review of the 13" macbook and running FCP 5.1: "Contrary to the bizarre rumor, the MacBook can indeed run Final Cut Pro, and it can run it quite well, if these tests are any indication." http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=43717 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnaud M. St Martin de Veyran Posted July 9, 2006 Author Share Posted July 9, 2006 With this last post, Hans, i'm definitely gonna get a Mac Book :) Now, i think that the money it cost is worth it ! Just one more thing, where can i find the Mac Forum that Stephen was talking about ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen Murphy Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) You can find the apple support forums at http://discussions.apple.com/index.jspa Let me know how you get on with running FCP on the macbook. Im in the market for a new laptop myself! All the best, Edited July 9, 2006 by Stephen Murphy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnaud M. St Martin de Veyran Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 Stephen, I've talked today with a friend of mine who bought a Mac Book with 2GO of Memory few weeks ago. He set up Final Cut Pro 5.1 and he says that it's working very well. He didn't try for the moment Motion DVD STUDIO. Find on the Apple's Forum : I'm running the Universal version of Final Cut Pro 5.1 right now on my MacBook and it runs great. Motion 2 will not run, but all the other Studio Apps will run great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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