Here's your chance to get the $1,300 Final Cut Studio Suite for just $650!

Go and find DVD Studio Pro4 from Amazon.com or bhphotovideo.com. It costs $450.

Then get the $200 upgrade this article mentions.

There you go, a perfectly LEGAL method to get a Universal version of Final Cut Studio for $650!

Soundtraack Pro from Amazon for $289

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009319JY/sr=1-4/qid=1138902176/ref=pd_bbs_4/103-2501845-6056619?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

$94.99 Motion 2 upgrade.

Qualifies for the Final Cut Studio Universal upgrade.

Enjoy.

Also, Motion2 qualifies and it is only $299MSRP.

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Spider wrote:

Also, Motion2 qualifies and it is only $299MSRP.

That is very true, the update disc for Motion will qualify.


BTW, I work for a sub-company of Powermax. s

But to install fcs you do need to have an original serial I suppose, I mean, it's an update kit, at least that's what Apple calls it. I'm pretty sure it'll ask for an original serial to run the install, the update's serial won't do it, what do you think?

Can I send in final cut express 2 and get final cut express HD (comes with soundtrack also) back? Cause I dont think they make final cut 2 anymore.

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chek wrote:
But to install fcs you do need to have an original serial I suppose, I mean, it's an update kit, at least that's what Apple calls it. I'm pretty sure it'll ask for an original serial to run the install, the update's serial won't do it, what do you think?

I feel somewhat betrayed by apple for having to pay 50 bucks for an upgrade and to wait also. I guess I am going to have to go back to my iMac G4 to finish the project I am working on. I understand that they are nice to release a universal binary now instead of as the next major release but they should at least offer a free download to make Final Cut Express and other Apps run under Rosetta.

They are going to have a free software update for Aperture to be Universal.

As for the other software, the updates are too large in size to be economical as a free update.

As I have stated many times before, Apple is a business. A business is about making money. Be grateful that you are not paying the full retail price for the upgrade.

Be thankfull I am not paying full price? I paid full price for a 20" intel iMac. Now I did this knowing I would have to pay to get universal binaries but somebody else might not make that desicion. Apple is a business, now tell me that the lost profits from a lost hardware sale are going to be less than the lost profits from a $50 crossgrade or even a piece of software. And right now there really isnt a good choice for buying mac and I am mad at apple for it. The software isnt ready for the intels so people are afraid to buy them, and the powerpc is on the way out so people are afraid to buy them. Not letting people update their software for free complicates things and makes the transition harder. Apple is a business and wants to make money, it is in their best interest to smooth the transition so their hardware sales will do better, if that means offering free universal binaries or even free updates that allow their apps to run under rosetta than that is worth it to them. They arent getting my $50 crossgrade if I buy a powermac, they are getting a choppier transition and I am getting a worse end user experience, which could be bad for business later.

Dear Spider,

I don't know if you'reading this, but can you kindly tell me whether this $94 Motion 2 upgrade you're talking about, allows a person to install the Final Cut Studio crossgrade?

That is, do you only need the Motion 2 upgrade serial number? Or, do you need to enter an additional serial number from a previous version (Motion 1.0) during the installation process on the interface screen as well? In other words, if you're using the Motion 2 upgrade as a serial number, do you also have to provide a second serial number from the previous version to make the Final Cut Studio crossgrade installer to work?

Like to hear from you. THX.

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Spider wrote:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009319JY/sr=1-4/qid=1138902176/ref=pd_bbs_4/103-2501845-6056619?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance

$94.99 Motion 2 upgrade.

Qualifies for the Final Cut Studio Universal upgrade.

Enjoy.

Also, Motion2 qualifies and it is only $299MSRP.

Dear poster,

You just confirmed my worst suspicions about the new Intel macs--that the transition wasn't going to be as smooth as the ads siad they were. Actually, I was one of the last to buy one of the last G5's.

Having once sold Apple computers and having met the top brass of their Sales/marketing department in Cupertino, I was fully aware that the first Intel models probably wouldn't perform all that well. Perhaps the new dual Xeons are powerful enough on par with the G5's to run the same apps, but the other single and most of the dual core laptops likely are not. Clock speed on an Intel and G5 are completely different. As many techies have said before, it's like comparing Apples and Oranges. A 1.25 G4 is probably more like a 2.5 Ghz P4.

I suspect that these Intel Macs will have to undergo several 'incarnations' before they are the spiffy machines that Apple's promising the customers. It'll take a while to re-write and debug the old software to make it work seamlessly on a new Intel Mac. What's also compounding the problem is that Microsoft is coming out with a new Vista operating system, so for those who want to run Windows on their MacIntel, that's also another reason to wait a bit---so that the kinks can all be ironed out.For this reason, I'm really glad that I bought a G5.

Thanks for the honest feedback about the new MacIntels

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Be thankfull I am not paying full price? I paid full price for a 20" intel iMac. Now I did this knowing I would have to pay to get universal binaries but somebody else might not make that desicion. Apple is a business, now tell me that the lost profits from a lost hardware sale are going to be less than the lost profits from a $50 crossgrade or even a piece of software. And right now there really isnt a good choice for buying mac and I am mad at apple for it. The software isnt ready for the intels so people are afraid to buy them, and the powerpc is on the way out so people are afraid to buy them. Not letting people update their software for free complicates things and makes the transition harder. Apple is a business and wants to make money, it is in their best interest to smooth the transition so their hardware sales will do better, if that means offering free universal binaries or even free updates that allow their apps to run under rosetta than that is worth it to them. They arent getting my $50 crossgrade if I buy a powermac, they are getting a choppier transition and I am getting a worse end user experience, which could be bad for business later.