Final Cut Studio has slowed my system down creating beach balls

Hello,
Ever since I upgraded to Final Cut Pro studio from Final Cut Pro Production suite I have noticed an inordinate amount of rotating beach balls and the computer locking up. The previous Final Cut Pro bundle created few beach ball and locking up situations. What could be causing this? I do have the universal Final Cut Studio package. Is this the problem? Do I need to update anything to correct this? Currently, I have two G5 computers, a dual 2.5 and a quad core 2.5. These should be screaming machines that roar. I don't find it that way, yet.
Thanks,
Jordan Simkins

if you trash plists in the studio programs you will cause templates to become unassociated along with other things
would you mind elaborating on this? for which Pro app is this an issue?
for your reference Final Cut Pro is not one of those apps for which this is a problem.
a plist file is a "properties list" file which serves a an applications primary preference file. when you first install an application is has no plist file, it doesn't exist ... this is written when the application is launched and/or quit. if you delete an applications preference file then it will simply launch as though it were the first run and hence write a new one.
consider ... if you create a new user account and log into it, then there can be no preference file (plist) for the appliaction for that user
try it ... create a new user and log into it. don't launch any apps, just take a look in the users Preferences folder and see if you can see any plist files for Final Cut Pro or any of the Pro apps ... ok now launch one of those Pro apps and see if the templates are unassociated (and other things). now quit and take another look in the users Preference folder and see if the plist files now exist.
when we talk about trashing prefs we are talking specifically of trashing these user preferences. this is tried and tested and is 100% reliable advice. as suggested, these helper apps such as FCP Rescue and FCP Attic take all the pain out of this process by doing it for you (also ensuring that you don't trash the wrong files).
remember, this is a Final Cut Pro board, not a All Pro Apps board ... the advice being handed out is specifiv to FCP. you're wisdom and insight is much appreciated but please don't hand it out without fully explaining yourself ... it will only serve to confuse those with less experience and expertise. no advice is better than bad advice.

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