Editing 5dmark footage on macbook pro

heya ,
my problem is
i have 12 GB of 5dmark II HD footage.
theyre all .mov files.
i edited some material from a sony xdcam with premiere without problems.
but the the 5dmark footage is stuttering in the review window where i can set the in and out points.
im working on a new macbook pro with 2gig ram.
is it a hardware problem do i need more ram? is 4GB enough?
or is it a codec problem?
would it do the trick when i get 4gb ram in my macbook?
i tried to convert it with qt and the intermediate codec and with the neoscene codec. but its always the same.
thank you and
greets jan

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