Does Final Cut Pro Studio work on old powerbook?

I'm planning to buy the Final Cut Pro Studio package, but before I want to be sure that it will work fine on my PowerBook.
I have enough Processor (G4 1Ghz) and RAM (1Gb) as apple suggest, but I'm worried about the supported graphics cards listed on the recommendation. My GeForce4 MX graphics cards is not mentioned. and of course I have to upgrade to OS 10.4.x... this is not a problem.
In this moment, from the Final Cut Pro Studio package, I only need to use FCP, DVDSP and Compressor. I have to import about 1 hour SD movie, other short clip, convert to AC3 and Mpeg2 and use DVD Pro to authoring a DVD. I don't need to use a lot of graphic fx with motion or capture in HD format.
Thank you for your suggestion and recommendation!
I hope to be more active in this forum soon!
Beppe
PowerBook G4 1Ghz, 1G ram Mac OS X (10.3.9) Video Card GeForce4 MX

It worked well enough (but slowly) on mine. But you probably won't be able to install Motion because of your graphics card.
rh

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