Emac for editing video

Hi I have a 800 MHz PowerPC G4 emac computer 1G MEMORY.
I would like to know if this is good for editing video using final cut pro, and if I will don't ha problems like render or other?

Hi planet 4166,
I have an eMac 1.25 Ghz with 1.5 Gb of ram.
And I use it for editing using Final Cut Express 2.0.x and upgraded recently to 3.5.x before I stop using it because I use my macbook for my main mac.
For your eMac, I think the processor speed is not fast enough to run newer Final Cut Pro and also the ATI or nVidia chipset might not supported, also it need 10.4.4 OS X version to run.
You can find the FCP 4.x (I still have my FCP 3.x in my eMac) or FCE 2.x for your eMac.
Good Luck.

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