Re: Final Cut Pro 7 on a PowerPC

Without getting into all the "should you or nots", I do want to thank you for all of your cautionary statements. I wish I had come across this thread months ago when FCS3 first came out.

You see, I have a G5 here and want to install FCS3. Using due diligence before I ordered, I checked several of my favorite forums and found that, yes, it will work on a G5. However, there was an administrative delay in ordering and so I didn't actually get FCS3 until yesterday.

Imagine my shock when my G5 kicked it out. And then dismay, because I have already opened the package and can't return it. Again, I wish I had seen your cautionary statements. But even more so, I wish that those whose posts I had read, had given more details as to what it would take to make it work. Admittedly, the posts were made soon after the release of FCS3, but still......

So now I am in the awkward position of either installing it, or having to eat the money I spent on it.

I have decided I have nothing to lose to try to install this. I don't do prores or any of the other things that have been mentioned. Nor is my machine mission-critical. Worst case: I go back and install FCS2.

So now it is time to thank the other side (at least in advance as I am awaiting more specific instructions) for pointing me in the right direction.

But I would make this humble request to anybody out there who wants to answer "yes" to this question. Please make it clear that it is not merely a matter of sticking the disks in.

I say all this, not to re-start any arguments, but to let both sides know that there are valid and extenuating circumstances for each side of this discussion.