Final Cut X super slow after lion...Ran great on Snow leopard

I grabbed Final Cut X as soon as it was released before I recieved my copy of Lion. As soon as Lion was installed my system went turtle. I'm staring at spining balls more than I am editing. I had a Mac Pro at the time so as a test I partitioned a copy of Snow Leopard. Zoooooom. It was great.
I have since bought a new mac and now I'm back to the same terrible performance with no hope of Snow Leopard. Has anyone else experienced this? Has anyone found a solution?
I thought Mountain Lion might correct the issue but it is the same if not worse. Sooooo painful...
thanks....

I've heard, but can't verify, that FCS should be installed after Snow Leopard.
Before reverting your OS, try do a complete uninstall of FCS -
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/fcs_remover.htm
then a re-install.
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