Can I work while playing a DVD on an iMac?

Can I use Pages, Safari, etc. on my iMac while playing a DVD on the iMac (small viewing window of course?) Does doing so slow down the DVD player or vice versa? I'm using 10.10.1 (Yosemite) if that makes a difference.

Yes. OS X can multi-task. Depends on which iMac you have. I notice no impact what so ever on my Mac Pro.

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The image is not clear so i write it down here:
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System: 0%
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