How much faster does Final Cut Pro 4 (FCP4) run on a dual G5

[Kim Welch]

visit the link below to see the test results found at the Bare Feats web site. this is very interesting performance information.

http://www.barefeats.com/fcp4.html

Update, November 2026
A snapshot of 2004 technology. Final Cut Pro was later rebuilt from the ground up, and today's Apple silicon Macs edit 4K and 8K footage that would have been unthinkable on a dual G5.

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[Digigenic]

How do you like these apples...?

How do you like these apples...?

How do you like these apples?

I suggest you take a look at this link.

This is an older review that was mutually conducted by both magazines, Macworld and PC World, which means there was no room for bias in the results. I also have a Macworld Magazine subscription, and own the actual copy of this review, which showed PCs overwhelmingly spanking the G5. The real shocker is that a majority of the PC's weren't even dual 64 bit systems. They were single 32 bit hyperthreaded P4 processors.

http://www.alienware.com/review_pages/review_template.aspx?FileName=review_macworld_1203.asp