The cost for the package is $1,299 USD.  Upgrades from prior releases of Final Cut Pro 1, Final Cut Pro 2, and Final Cut Pro 3 cost $699.   The upgrade costs $199 for users of Final Cut Pro 4, Final Cut Pro HD (4.5), Motion 2, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro 4, or Production Suite. Crossgrades from prior Final Cut Studio 5 PowerPC versions can be obtained at Apple's crossgrade page.

Apple is currently offering free shipping on all orders of Final Cut Studio 5.1 and orders should ship within 24 hours.

Some Hardware Requirements are as follows:

Apple's commitment to transition their entire line of software in short order demonstrates to the market that the switch to Intel processors will not have a net negative impact on the company or its customers.  The fact that Apple has transitioned this professional video editing suite tells Apple's professional customers that they can now purhcase MacBook Pros and Intel Core Duo iMacs to meet their editing needs.  Previously, Apple announced that Logic Pro and Logic Express were available as a Universal Binary.  Universal versions of Shake and Final Cut Express are expected by the end of 2006.