Final Cut Server finally launched by Apple

As part of yesterday’s Tuesday update, Apple finally released the much-delayed Final Cut Server. Originally announced at NAB 2007, many expected it to be available sometime in mid-2007. Now, just about a year later, the product is finally ready for consumption. According to Apple, Final Cut Server is “a scaleable server application…allows searching across multiple disks and SAN volumes and enables viewing, annotation and approval of content from anywhere using a PC or Mac.”

As for pricing, you can expect to pay $999 USD for a one-server license with 10-concurrent client licenses. If that’s not enough for you, you can get a copy with unlimited client licenses for $1999. You can pick up Final Cut Server now from the Apple Store, or any authorized Apple reseller.

We’ve got the system requirement for you after the jump.

Server:

• 1.8 G5 PowerPC or an Intel Core Duo, Core 2 Duo or Xeon (Intel recommended)
• OS X 10.5 or later
  
• 2 GB of RAM (4 GB recommended)
• AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Server is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
• 500 MB of disk space

Mac Client:

• 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4, PowerPC G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor
• 1GB of RAM
• AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Server is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
• A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
• Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later
• QuickTime 7.4.1 or later
• Java for Mac OS X v10.4 Release 6 or later
• Final Cut Pro 6.0.2 or later for Final Cut Pro integration
• 20MB of available disk space

Windows Client:

• A PC with Windows XP (SP2) or Vista
• 1GB of RAM
• AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Server is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
• A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
• QuickTime 7.4.1 or later
• Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 4 or later
• 20MB of available disk space

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