Cynthetiq

That's correct, the iMac line wasn't designed around running Final Cut Pro...

30FPS for rendering that video game, playback for video should be 30FPS video, 24FPS for film. Which it should handle just fine.

Your speed will be lost not in playback but in rendering the new file which is CPU intensive not GPU intensive.

If you were interested in Pro line of video editing you shouldn't have gone with an iMac, but with a bottom line Pro.

edit: It wasn't designed around it, but can run it. It will just be slow for rendering, and digitizing. Otherwise, it's fine for playback. I have been looking up the specs lately since Skogafoss will probably want to buy a Mac in the near future, she's going to be taking a Final Cut Pro class at NYC.

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