Final Cut Pro requirements

Hi. I'm in the process of learning video editing, and I'm going to be taking classes to get up to speed Final Cut Pro. Eventually I plan to have the program at home, and I was wondering how much space it takes up on the computer. I already have 2 GB of memory installed, but I also have Pro Tools on my iMac, which uses a lot of juice. Would I eventually need to get an additional Mac for FCP, or is adding more memory to this one sufficient?
If anyone has any opinions or suggestions on the program in general, I'm all ears.
Thanks!
Jon

You can find the system requirements on Apple Store's Final Cut Studio page: http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA886Z/A?fnode=home/shop_mac/software/apple&mc o=MTYyNjM
from that page:
Minimum System Requirements to Install All Applications
A Mac computer with a 1.25GHz or faster PowerPC G4 or G5, Intel Core Duo, Intel Core 2 Duo, or Intel Xeon processor
1GB of RAM
An AGP or PCI Express Quartz Extreme graphics card (Final Cut Studio is not compatible with integrated Intel graphics processors)
A display with 1024-by-768 resolution or higher
Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later
QuickTime 7.1.6 or later
A DVD drive for installation
Recommended Configurations
The following are recommended for all applications:
2GB of RAM when working with compressed HD and uncompressed SD sources
4GB of RAM when working with uncompressed HD sources
Available Disk Space
4GB of disk space required to install all applications
Additional 55GB required to install all optional templates, content, and tutorials (may be installed on separate disks):
9GB for DVD Studio Pro content
8GB for Motion templates and tutorial media
24GB for Soundtrack Pro audio content
12GB for LiveFonts and LiveType animated elements and templates
2GB for Apple Pro Training Final Cut Studio Tutorials media
-DH

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