Can Premiere run on 5400 rpm iMac?

I am in college and new to editing software (and Macs in general). My parents ordered a iMac for me for christmas, with CS6 and FCP7. I just need these to edit short films for myself and friends.
However the iMac is 21.5" which I'm pretty sure only has a 5400 rpm drive.
So, what's the best solution? Return it once its delivered, or can I run the program off the iMac drive while using 2 7200 rpm external drives for, as the tutorial suggests - RAID with one having the captured video/audio and the other with video/audio previews? (Or is there a better solution?)

the thunder something port ( thunder bolt ? ) is supposed to be fast ...and I think you can daisy chain stuff on it...if you google whats available for drives using that port you might be in good shape.... just using internal drive for the OS and programs...
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4619
Then you gotta deal with the ram and graphic card ...whatever.. to get up to speed...

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