[Mallrat]

How does FCP run on the 15 powerbooks.. is it slower than 3?

I want to use FCP 4 and buy a new powerbook, but I don't want to do it, if final cut pro 4 is going to be too slow.

do i need a G5 to use FCP 4, well?

[juanpacolopez]

Originally posted by Mallrat:
How does FCP run on the 15 powerbooks.. is it slower than 3?

I want to use FCP 4 and buy a new powerbook, but I don't want to do it, if final cut pro 4 is going to be too slow.

do i need a G5 to use FCP 4, well?

Never used FCP3, but 4 runs pretty nice on my Ti. Plenty of realtime effects, the actual interface is as smooth as everything else (read, silky)... rendering can be a bit tiresome for large/complex renders, but nothing horrible. I usually just let my final render run before I go to bed or something.

I admit, it would be REAL nice to have dual processors, let one chug away on a render in the background while you use the other for "work"... but it's really not bad at all.

If you're a total speed freak, I'd say get a Dual 2Ghz G5 (or a Dual G4 1.42Ghz, anything dual really) just so you can offload the rendering to a separate CPU.

[capetown]

Does that mean that while fcp4 renders, you can not use the powerbook for anything else. Does it slow down surfing, email etc?

Thanks