A philosophical question - why does FCP 'Prepare for Video Display'?

After using it for years, I suddenly pause to wonder:
What is it doing?
Why do some cuts require it pretty much every move you make, and other not?
Do I need to change the way I use FCP to reduce it?
I'm quite messy while I assemble, a lot of dragging around, a lot of layers of un-used material on the timeline...
Any gentle guidance gratefully received.
TJ

Yup. Sequences with tons of cuts will do it and sequences with large still images will do it. I have 2 gigs or RAM and usually only have the problem with the large still images but once in a while a cutty sequences will do this as well.
I know--"Buy more RAM, it's cheap!"

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