[P1] Final Cut Express on Clamshell iBook

[David Crump]

Crap! That's not what I was wanting to hear.  I recently purchased Final Cut Express under the assumption it would work.  The requirements on the box are:
"Macintosh computer with a 300MHz or faster PowerPC G3 or G4 processor and built in FireWire"
My 466MHz G3 FireWire iBook meets these requirements, so I bought the software.  Then I saw the slightly different requirements listed on Apple's website, which I quoted below, that don't include the clamshell iBooks.  Now I'm afraid to break the seal on the software and try it out.  Maybe I should just try to sell it.  I can't afford a faster iBook yet.  I don't want to open the software until I hear from someone that they have definitely used Final Cut Express on a Clamshell iBook.
Please Help!
Thanks.
Dave.


>There's likely to be a resolution limitation as well as a hardware 
>problem - if you don't have a firewire port you won't be able to 
>capture any video footage (unless you copy it over from another 
>computer). Even the clamshells that do have a firewire port are 
>probably just too underpowered to work with full frame DV - both in the 
>cpu and the gpu department.
>
>Joe
>
>On Wednesday, Sep 17, 2003, at 22:42 Europe/London, David Crump wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I can't remember if this has been brought up here or not yet, but I'm 
>> wondering if anyone has used Final cut Express on a clamshell iBook (I 
>> have a 466MHz).
>> Apple's support site states the following for system requirements:
>>
>><snip>
>> You'll need the following equipment for Final Cut Express 1.0:
>> 
>> One of the following computers:
>>
>> Power Macintosh G3/300 megahertz (MHz) or faster with built-in FireWire
>> Powerbook G3/400 MHz or faster with built-in FireWire
>> iMac 350 MHz or faster with built-in FireWire
>> iBook (Dual USB) 500 MHz or faster with built-in FireWire
>> eMac
>> Xserve
>>
>> </snip>