Problems with the new MacBookPro and Final Cut???

Got this from a friend of mine, and wondered if y'all could provide any insights.

Thanks in advance.
Hal


Begin forwarded message:

" ...the water walkers are
discussing the "Steve Givith - Steve Taketh" concerning the new powerbooks.

Along with the hardware downsides: no Firewire 800; only one USB port; the Superdrive has reduced features from the existing one in the IBM processor version; and no internal modem.

On the software side - and the reason for this note, the new "Mac Book" cannot run software that is keyed to the CPU of earlier Mac models. That means that where Apple or the vendor keyed the ability of an application
to run to the G3 or G4 or ALTIVEC engine, that program will no longer
operate in the new Mac Book. (This true?)

Bringing that closer to home:

The current version of Final Cut Studio is not supported on Intel-based
Mac computers with Rosetta. A Universal version of Final Cut Studio,
which will run natively on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Mac computers,
will be available before the end of March 2006. (Will that be backward compatible with the pre Intel Macs?)

Final Cut Express is Not supported on Intel-based Mac computers with
Rosetta.

==> notice that the "universal version" sentence is not found on the
Apple website under Final Cut Express.

Any clues or contacts who can sort this out?"