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-Mobile AMD Sempron 3500+ (Has SSE2 & SSE3)

-1.5MB DDR2 memory

 

-ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 Shared memory integrated

 

 

 

 

I realize it's not the best but will it at least work?

I realize it won't transcode movies fast with this processor.

 

But will I at least be able to use FCP and other mac programs?

I don't think you will get Quartz Express/Core Image with that setup, and therefore FCP will not work very well at all. Mac OS X may work on your laptop though.

 

Of course it is possible to get OSX + FCP running perfectly if you have the right hardware. For more information, click on the "OSx86 Project" button on the top right of this page, lots of info there. Check out the compatibilty lists (especially 10.4.8 which is the most complete one). ;)

I don't think you will get Quartz Express/Core Image with that setup, and therefore FCP will not work very well at all. Mac OS X may work on your laptop though.

 

Of course it is possible to get OSX + FCP running perfectly if you have the right hardware. For more information, click on the "OSx86 Project" button on the top right of this page, lots of info there. Check out the compatibilty lists (especially 10.4.8 which is the most complete one). :D

 

What kind of GPU or integrated GPU will I at least need to run FCP? (sorry I would look this up myself but mac doesn't exactly list system requirments for video like they do for PC)

Lets, see, Apple - Final Cut Studio 2 System Requirements

Basically, most integrated graphics don't really cut it. I recommend getting at least a Geforce 7300 or 7600

A Macintosh computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, or Intel Xeon processor

1GB of RAM

An AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)

A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher

Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later

QuickTime 7.1.6 or later

A DVD drive for installation

Recommendations

Motion

One of the following graphics cards is highly recommended:

ATI Radeon X1900 XT, X850 XT, X800 XT, or X1600

NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT, 6800 Ultra DDL, 6800 GT DDL, or Quadro FX 4500

For 32-bit rendering: a graphics card with 256MB of VRAM or more

Color

The following graphics card is highly recommended:

ATI Radeon X1900 XT

Dual displays with 1920-by-1200 or higher resolution

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