Anybody using FCP on a iMac 24"?

As Subject,
thinking about getting a iMac 24" for use at home is this a good combination with FCP? Or should I just invest in another G5?

I have to disagree that an iMac will work "great."
If you are capturing via firewire, then your only option is external FW drives.
The camcorder and the FW drive shares a single firewire bus, and that can cause a bunch of issues as well.
And a new iMac will require version 5.1. Upgrades end the 20th.

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