Apple 本周正式发布了电影电视企业用户的资源管理和工作流程自动化软件 Final Cut Server。作为服务端的应用软件 Final Cut Server 可以索引存储在多个硬盘或 SAN 系统中的海量资源，同时支持 Mac 和 PC 客户端访问与查询。Final Cut Server 同时还能和 Final Cut Studio 结合使用，包含了 Compressor 3 编码压缩工具，可方便将制作完成的视频内容高质量的转换为影片 DVD、广播电视、互联网媒体、Apple TV、iPod、iPhone 或其他移动格式。

Final Cut Server 单个服务器端授权，允许 10 个客户端同时访问的价格为 999 美元；无限客户端访问的授权价格为 1999 美元。

详细系统支持：

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 - if you need to run a mobile production server, you need to be on a MacBook Pro)
- 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

官方 press release：apple.com/pr/library/2008/04/08fcserver.html
产品网页：apple.com/finalcutserver