Forced Obsolescence – No FCP 4 (or 4.5/ HD) on PCI-E!
If you’re a current Final Cut Pro 4 user (and that includes Final Cut HD which is a FCP 4 variant) and thinking about buying one of the new dual-core PowerMacs or even an iMac with an internal iSight, have the change ready to fork out for FCP 5 as well. FCP 4 will not run on these machines!
That somewhat startling fact is now detailed in an Apple Support document number 302667, entitled “Final Cut Pro 4.5 HD and earlier cannot be installed on a PowerMac G5 (late 2005) or an iMac G5 (iSight)”. The reason you can’t make it work is that FCP 4 looks for systems with installed AGP video. The new systems come with PCI-Express video buses, so the installation fails.
(NOTE: Is this true for Final Cut Express as well?)
That’s a stupid move on Apple’s part. I could be tempted to upgrade to just get better performance, but adding to that another $400 or more to upgrade my software can easily turn a home run into a foul ball. Someone tell me that Apple couldn’t patch the installer or patch the OS to permit FCP 4 to install on these systems.
Looks to me like Microsoft in Apple clothing.
That somewhat startling fact is now detailed in an Apple Support document number 302667, entitled “Final Cut Pro 4.5 HD and earlier cannot be installed on a PowerMac G5 (late 2005) or an iMac G5 (iSight)”. The reason you can’t make it work is that FCP 4 looks for systems with installed AGP video. The new systems come with PCI-Express video buses, so the installation fails.
(NOTE: Is this true for Final Cut Express as well?)
That’s a stupid move on Apple’s part. I could be tempted to upgrade to just get better performance, but adding to that another $400 or more to upgrade my software can easily turn a home run into a foul ball. Someone tell me that Apple couldn’t patch the installer or patch the OS to permit FCP 4 to install on these systems.
Looks to me like Microsoft in Apple clothing.
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