Final Cut Express with iMac G4

I have been using an iMac G4 for several years. It has worked out extremely well for me. I use it for internet browsing and Microsoft Office applications. Now I'm considering getting Final Cut Express.
Will the G4 iMac be able to handle it?

My G4 733 worked great with FCE 2, and would probably run 3.5 just fine for regular DV, not HDV. Right now my G4 Quicksilver 1 GHz is running FCE 3.5 perfectly well, along with LiveType and SoundTrack. In fact I recently went to the local Apple store where they have Final Cut on their newest and latest Macs, and I deliberately made some complex edits in Final Cut on one of their Macs to see how much faster it would render them. I was surprised that it was not much faster than my Quicksilver G4.
Check the hardware requirements for whatever version of FCE you want to run.
Tom

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