FCP6 on 2009 Mac Mini Core 2 Duo?

Apples specs forFinal Cut Studio 2 say it won't run with intel integrated grahics. I'm only going to be using FCP6. Will it run on the 2009 Mac Mini Core 2 Duo which I think has integrated graphics?

I think you'll be OK with FCP; I believe the specs for the graphic card were for Color and Motion. But you may have some issues with FXPlugs ... they rely heavily on the graphics card power when rendering.
-DH

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2538
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VRAM≠more performance.
I didn't say it did.
Integrated graphics steal from the main system memory and resources, so they shouldn't be considered when doing amateur or professional editing software.
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