AVCHD .MTS files on new MacBook Pro

I recently got a new MBP. Shouldn't the version of iMovie and FCE that I received both be able to use .MTS files?
They show up as Unix Executable files and nothing seems to recognize them. Even on my older Mac Pro at work, they are recognized as a type of mpeg.

David,
I'm using Voltaic, and you're right, it's terribly slow. My Mac Pro BLAZES through AVCHD files, converting them to ProRes422 straight off the SD card in the Log and Transfer window (FCP 6.0.4).
The problem is that my clips (from the SD card) get shortened (an 18-second clip becomes 17.5sec). I also get this weird stutter in some clips. Needless to say, this is terrible.
Neither the stutter, nor a shortened clip, are present when I play back the video files from the card in the Log and Transfer window.
I called Panasonic, and they told me that people experience this frequently, and that it is because AVCHD was meant for the PC and that working with this video on Macs is a software incompatibility. To quote him, "It works, just not that well. It has glitches."
Voltaic converts the clips perfectly, but extremely slowly.
My question: does Toast give you any problems? Do you have these little glitches with your AVCHD files?
Thanks,
Eben

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