System requirements for Motion 5?

MORE INFO ABOUT MY MACBOOK PRO:

I've read that the GeForce 8600M GT (128 MB) graphics card doesn't support Motion 5.

This appears to be the same card in my MacBook Pro, except that mine is 512 MB. Does that make a difference? Will the extra MB allow my computer to run Motion 5?

Thanks again.

Vixter

Thanks for your response, KT. Though, I'm anything but a techie, and am still not sure if my computer will run Motion 5. In fact, I'm not even sure it will run the OS needed to run Motion 5, i.e. 10.6.8

Is "64-bit" the only requirement that is needed to run 10.6.8 ? Or are there other specs as well?

As I mentioned, my MacBook Pro is capable of running in 64-bit mode (that's what the salesman told me, but at the time, it meant nothing to me. Now, I'm wondering if that added "feature" will allow me to upgrade to 10.6.8 and, furthermore, to run Motion 5).

Any thoughts?

Thanks again.

Vixter

Thanks, Mark.

I've visited the link you posted, but there still seems to be some discrepancy. For example, it says that the

GeForce 8600M GT graphics card doesn't support Motion 5. However, it says that that particular card shipped in late 2007 and that the speed is 2.4/2.2GHz; my computer shipped in early 2008 and the speed is 2.5GHz. I'm hoping the slight difference means that my Mac can handle Motion 5.

Below are the specs of my MacBook Pro. Can you offer any insight as to whether my machine can run Motion 5?

(I'm really non-technical, and would appreciate any advice/help)

Thanks very much. Here are the specs of my machine:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: MacBook Pro

Model Identifier: MacBookPro4,1

Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo

Processor Speed: 2.5 GHz

Number Of Processors: 1

Total Number Of Cores: 2

L2 Cache: 6 MB

Memory: 4 GB

Bus Speed: 800 MHz

Boot ROM Version: MBP41.00C1.B03

SMC Version (system): 1.27f3

Serial Number (system): W88331EYYK0

Hardware UUID: 516C5AB6-6E9E-5786-BED0-539A5A613700

Sudden Motion Sensor:

State: Enabled

Graphics/Displays:

GeForce 8600M GT:

Chipset Model: GeForce 8600M GT

Type: Display

Bus: PCIe

PCIe Lane Width: x16

VRAM (Total): 512 MB

Vendor: NVIDIA (0x10de)

Device ID: 0x0407

Revision ID: 0x00a1

ROM Revision: 3212

Displays:

Color LCD:

Resolution: 1440 x 900

Depth: 32-Bit Color

Core Image: Hardware Accelerated

Main Display: Yes

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Supported

Built-In: Yes

SyncMaster:

Resolution: 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz

Depth: 32-Bit Color

Core Image: Hardware Accelerated

Mirror: Off

Online: Yes

Quartz Extreme: Supported

Rotation: Supported

Thanks very much,

Vic

Thanks so much for that info, Alan. I'm psyched! I would really like to be able to use Motion in my productions. Can I ask a few questions:

1.) Which OS are you using? (I'm using Leopard, and I believe I am able to upgrade to Snow Leopard, thereby enabling me to use Motion 5)

2.) Is your system 64-bit? (Note: my MacBook Pro can, apparently, run at 64-bit... though I've never started it up in that mode.

3.) Is your OS natively 64-bit, or are you required to re-start in 64-bit mode in order to use Motion?

Thank you again!

Vic

It does. Thanks Alan.