AVCHD? Can Premiere Pro handle the longer clips?

I'm thinking of purchasing the Sony NX5E but have been hearing terrible things about NLE system not being able to handle the AVCHD codec, thus playback being really choppy.
Is this still the case or have adobe addressed the issue.
Think im gonnna put the order for the NX5 on hold for a bit!!
Thanks in advance!
H

Hey Harm,
It was this forum that brought this to my attention. Some of the MVP's and staff have commetted by saying adobe premiere does have known issues with 'Spanned' clips.
I do have a Mac Pro, Quad 2.6 with 16gig RAM, so would I be ok?
Greg Baber,Nov 11, 2012 5:24 PM   in reply to MickeyfilmReport
The known issue with AVCHD is playing back spanned clips - those that are over a certain length so the camera splits them into separate files.  This is not the same thing as saying that Premiere just plays back slow.  For a performance issue, don't assume that it is the bug - look into other possibilities. Also, if you are having a hard time working in AVCHD footage, for whatever reason, a step that can help is to transcode your footage.  Prelude does a good job, and the problem footage that I've worked with was transcoded without issue.  Go into a good intermediary codec, like DNxHD for Mac, and it that could resolve your issue.
Just sounds like quite an issue?
Thanks,
H

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