Blu Ray EASY EXPORT option in new FCP 7

Would love to hear from anyone who has tried the new feature Easy Export in FCP 7 upgrade for Intel Macs, particularly the Blu Ray burning export from within FCP 7 to Blu Ray Disc. What is the quality (limits) and do we finally have actual Chapter Marker Options, and truely custom background / menu image options? I'm considering finally giving up on my PowerPC G4, and going with a new Intel based Mac, or wait a little longer if this upgrade is not worth it.
I'm currently burning Blu Rays with Toast 10 and a LaCie BD Drive with great results.

What is the quality (limits) and do we finally have actual Chapter Marker Options, and truely custom background / menu image options?
Some details on what is new, there is a link for the movie for sharing
http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/whats-new.html, also a link for a PDF about in depth (page 55 indicates you can use third party templates or your own. Someone mentioned it is XML based, but not sure if anyone has given it a whirl yet. I ordered my upgrades when it was announced, should have it soon, don't know when I will try though.
I'm considering finally giving up on my PowerPC G4, and going with a new Intel based Mac, or wait a little longer if this upgrade is not worth it.
I'm currently burning Blu Rays with Toast 10 and a LaCie BD Drive with great results.
Your answer may be in those two sentences. Not sure which version of Final Cut and the rest you are running, and disregarding the blu-ray issue for a moment, if you system is working for you, and you are getting good results, that is one thing in favor of not changing right now. If the total of all the changes in the Studio are appealing, then perhaps it would be worth it. Right now you are burning blu-ray with results you like.
Alot of it depends on budget and the rest. Plus the new Intel will smoke in terms of speed and workflow. OTH, if those things are not jamming you up, well, maybe holding would be the prudent move. (Though of course the incremental change in the machine configuration would be something to make your head spin....:) )

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******BUG******
Export from Premiere 2014.1 directly or via Media Encoder of MPEG 2 1080 50i Blu-ray files causes error in preparation of Blu-ray disc in Sony DVD Architect 5.2.
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3 Prepare Disc
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File name: STREAM/00000.m2ts
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ASUSTeK P6T DELUXE V2
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