Editing 24p footage - FCP or Vegas?

I'm planning on using a dvx100b to shoot a project in 24p (or 24pa). For editing, I quite naturally was going to use FCP (29.97 & 23.976 timelines respectively), since I already own the software. When I mentioned this to an acquaintance who is an experienced Vegas editor who also did a little work on FCP, he was adamant that Vegas is vastly superior to FCP for 24p editing. Not having ever edited 24p(a) footage, I was taken aback, and lacking in information to confidently express any opinion. Im not clear on why it would make a difference... what's going to be different editing such footage on FCP from just regular non-24p footage?
Also, I don't want to spend the money on Vegas, or the time to learn the software, not to mention having to upgrade my windows gear (I only have a 3 year old Dell Inspiron 1100 w/ XP). Bottom line, I really don't want to do this, unless there are very compelling reasons.
Is anyone here familiar with both Vegas and FCP who can shed light on the issue? TIA.

Thanks, Capt. Mench, that is quite helpful, as I'd rather stick with FCP since I already am a bit familiar with it (not 24p editing though), instead of learning another software like Vegas from scratch. I hear you wrt. Vegas... my purpose was not to diss Vegas, but rather I was worried that FCP had some kind of issues when it comes to dealing with 24a(p) footage and Vegas did not. If it's just that Vegas workflow is "better" in being slightly more intuitive or economical or ergonomic, I don't care. If FCP can do the job without hiccups (even if less "iintuitively" than Vegas), then I'd rather stick with FCP.

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