"AVCHD" gets choppy when I try to edit in "FCPX" ... should I import and optimize video or create a proxy media???

So I'm shooting some video on a Sony CX430
60fps & 24fps
Both on AVCHD format.
And working out of my MacBookPro
Processor 2.8Ghz (intel core 2 duo)
Mem 8GB 1067 MHz ddr3
1TB hard drive Space (440GB actual free space right now)
im having trouble editing the video. the video becomes choppy and seems to drop frames. its no where near as smooth as when i play it back on the camera itself.
1. should I be transcoding the files as I import them. ?
2. And if so, which option.
I. Create optimize media. Or
II. Crete proxy Media ?
once I have played and done some editing in FCP.X
3. Do I need to buy and use a compressor to get them burned on to a Blu Ray or DVD. ?
4. What is a good Blu Ray burner (external) I should use/buy?

#1 on my completely under powered MacMini, 2.26GHz/8GB, I'm noticing, it's faster to make the import/conversion a two-step process: step1 import, step2 after import select all clips, cmd-click, convert. If you import 'over night', I wouldn't care anyhow.....
#2 for stutter free edit, I prefer Proxies; … Optimize is only recommended when you use a seperate, ext. hard-drive, due to sheer amount of data (~220GBs/h)
#3 FCPX allows creation of DVD/BluRays - but: very simple ones, to be exact: two 'designs', just one Project, no fancy menus etc. 'Disk' isn't Apple's preferred delivery format for many years …
#4 I'm not burning disks; LG and Samsung seem to have a good track-record ...

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