Is the Apple iMac i3 for video editing?

[McDees]

I'm a newbie looking for a budget computer to do some video editing, does anyone know if Final Cut Pro will run ok on this iMac?

Apple 21.5" iMac MC508B/A - Intel Core i3, 500GB, 4GB Memory £799.99

http://www.bestbuy.co.uk/product/10...mc508ba---intel-core-i3-500gb-4gb-memory.aspx

I'm going to film a wedding in HD and heard that I can't transfer full HD on to a DVD disc. So can I get an external blu-ray drive for the iMac, if so at what cost?

Thanks for any replies.

 

[Squicken]

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My freind has the previous gen imac to that, a 3.06ghz C2D and that handles video editing pretty good. It might not be a speed demon but it works.

 

[Mac-key]

my machine (see sig) runs Final cut with no issues. You shouldn't have any problems with that imac

 

[cgbier]

I run FCS2 on a 2.4 C2D (late 2007 IIRC) iMac without much of an issue. Motion and Color have some problems due to the anemic GPU, but the rest is fine.