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I am wondering what sort of macbook is needed to do basic editing, smoothly, with Final Cut Pro.? - I am making small music videos for my internship and my boss is willing to invest in a Macbook and Final Cut Pro editing software. I am trying to find out what specifications are needed to run Final Cut smoothly. I am also wondering if, for basic editing, the much cheaper Final Cut Express 4.0 will work. I just need to do basic importing of video/audio, basic cuts, transitions, fading, and other effects. Please help me out! Thanks

Best Answer: I have a 13'' MacBook pro. Which start out at $1199. I purchased mine from the refurbished section on the Online Store for $1074. I know my friends use Final Cut on their MacBooks with only 2 GB of RAM. But it would likely be a good idea to go ahead and get 4 GB of RAM for Final Cut. But any Mac will run it smoothly but it will be a better experience with 4 GB (if that makes sense). And i'm sure Final Cut 4.0 would be plenty for 'basic' editing. Final Cut Pro is for people who are very serious about their editing. Take a look at it and compare them first. This is for Final Cut Express 4.0 http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB278Z/A#overview This is for Final Cut Pro http://store.apple.com/us_smb_78313/product/MB642#overview I would personally go with the Express version. It is SO much cheaper and should be plenty. Hope this helps! :) - daniel_skyline2004

iOrgsoft Video Editor for Macyou may try, No need to be worried about formats, frame rate or file sizes, the functions of video join, split and cut can be easily achieved by the Video Editor. You can download this software free from here http://www.flash-video-soft.com/video-editor-mac/ Hope this helps - Kevin

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