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Can I run final cut on a macbook?
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Tried search bar... Want to get a mac, but don't have the money for macbook pro.
I have another monitor and an external hard drive 500gb.
Is it possible to run Final cut studio on just a macbook?
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yeah it can easily do it, ull be sweet
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You will be just fine. The video card in the standard MacBook is pretty peppy in the laptop world.
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Yes and buy aftermarket ram.. make sure you use the external as your scratch disk or else you'll fill your laptop up fast..
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oh my bad...
and thanks for the help
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Macbook Unibody? Or White/Black Macbook? I have a Black macbook and FCP will NOT let me install because of the graphic card. So I have to use FCE....
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the unibody is the new one right? if it is then yeah that one... has up to 2.4ghz if that helps
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so basically i should by a pro
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starting this fall im in school for video production... so def serious
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yeah i def need a laptop, and i plan in getting a monitor, as well so thats not a big deal. Do you know where u can get cheaper maybe refurbished macbook pros?
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cool yea ill talk to them, thanks for the help
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it came with mine, but i cant get into it cause i bought it used and u need a serial number to go in but id have it
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my MBP does the job just fine. if i wanted, which i dont at school, i can have an external monitor and FCP runs well with 4gb ram. If your going to school for it seriously think about the MBP
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mbp = better overall compared to regular mb
it'll run much better/faster on a mbp rather than a mb
if you're going into video editing as your MAJOR, then i'd say definitely go for the mbp
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i hate to turn this into a mac vs pc thread, but you have to ask yourself, "do i need a mac?" the answer is most likely no. for the same price as a macbook or macbook pro you can get twice the computer, and just run premier, its basicly the same program.
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He wants FCP.
FCP>Premiere (IMO)
Therefore he should go for a mac.
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cool i am going with the mbp most likely, I use premeir now, i tried fcp i like it alot more.
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