Imac Internal Soundcard and Logic express 9

Hi there, I have just purchased an imac with Logic express 9 (will arrive in a couple of weeks), which has for the time being eaten up all my funds so I cannot yet buy an external audio interface for it. Would anyone be able to give me any information as to the capabilities of the built in soundcard when used with Logic? Obviously I am not expecting anything amazing by any means but is it at least usable until I can afford a decent firewire interface? There isn't really any technical information about it I could find on apple's website so thought I would ask here to see what people's experiences with it are. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Dan.

Hi, thanks for getting back to me. I won't be recording guitar, I will be recording a hardware synth (which I can run through a small mixing desk to boost signal to the audio in on the imac for the time being). I also have a usb midi keyboard/interface so I am covered in that aspect. I was wondering what the latencies are, and if the internal soundcard supports 24 bit recording.
Cheers,
Dan.

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