] FCP 1or 2 BAD NEWS in xlr8yourmac

[Hans de Bijl]

Owners of the Final Cut Pro Upgrade who are purchasing a 2003 Macintosh 
without OS 9 booting ability should call Apple Support and speak to the 
Final Cut Pro Support Division. They informed me that they are sending 
full installation disks to registered owners of the Final Cut Pro 3 
Upgrade that will install on OSX.
You will probably need:
Your hardware serial number
Your Final Cut Pro serial number
Proof of Purchase for Final Cut Pro
Access to a FAX machine to send proof of purchase
Timothy Nitz
(I asked for a better explanation of the "FCP upgrade" comments)
The (Final Cut Pro 3) upgrade depends upon an earlier (thus not native 
OS X) version installed. I don't recall all the details of installation, 
but the installation itself also requires some fiddling in OS9, there is 
simply NO way to install the upgrade on a new Macintosh - thus the 
reason for them providing OSX native installation disks.
This does not mean that Apple will send FCP 3 to owners of previous 
versions of FCP - it simply means that those of us who legally upgraded 
($299) will be provided with disks that allow us to install the upgrade 
on a new Mac."

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