[skalie]

(iBook 600mhz)

[Demonhood]

from apple's final cut pro site:
Final Cut Pro 3 requires Mac OS X v10.1.1 or Mac OS 9.2.2, a Macintosh computer with a 300MHz or faster PowerPC G3 or G4 processor with built-in FireWire, 256MB of RAM (384MB recommended for G4 real-time effects), and 40MB of available disk space for installation. Actual SRP for Final Cut Pro 3 is $999. 500 MHz or faster single or dual processor Power Mac G4 or PowerBook G4 required for G4 real-time effects. 667-MHz PowerBook G4 required for mobile G4 real-time effects in DV format. SD and HD editing requires a Power Mac G4 and third-party capture card.

so you may be able to start it up with only 128MB, but i shudder to think of the performance you'll be getting.

[skalie]

Thanks Demonhood, have since found out from another source that it wont boot up.

40 megs or so for Mac OS9, FCP needing at least 100 megs.

Time to get some ram I guess.

[booboo]

You can run FCP 1.2.5 in this amount of RAM - successfully on a 400MHz G3 iMac... ;-)

But for >= 2.0 you'll drop frames all over the shop with only 128 MB...

[rezz]

I can run FCP 2.0 on my B/W G3 350 w OS 9.1 using only 128mb of ram. But yes,it does drop frames