benifits of final cut studio 3 over studio 2

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/whats_new_fcp_7_martin.html

Also

http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/photo-software/final-cut -pro-7-6-new-features.html

Added camera support. Although that's mainly handled by the camera makers, they make the Log and Transfer plugins. But the interface for those newer ones work in FCP 7, not FCP 6. BUT...because FCP 7 was discontinued 4 years ago, many makers have pulled their existing Log and Transfer plugins, and not making them anymore for newer cameras...choosing to focus on current editing software compatibility.

I cannot recommend you buy 5 year old software that won't run on current computers and OS. FCP 7...might. DVD studio pro, Compressor, Motion...won't. If you buy that software, I hope you have an old system and old OS to run it on...and I hope you don't buy it for more that $100.

But I still can't recommend it...it's old tech, and technology advances fast. I can recommend Adobe CC...although that goes by a monthly subscription...and it doesn't author DVDs (no more Encore). So you might also have to invest in TOAST...although that might not allow you to make nice menus.

Actually, the latest version of Toast (14) has stepped up to make an effort to fill the hole left when iDVD was abandoned by Apple - by adding custom menu creation functionality:

http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/pro/#burn

MtD