Fuinal Cut and the IMac

The new 21.5'' IMac with 3.06ghz Processor
4gig Ram
GeoForce 9400M Shared Graphics Card
Will this work with the new final cut studio?
Will I be able to edit HD well?

...could I use the G5 as a 20" monitor???
Short answer: no.
Long answer: maybe depending on your skill level. [This post|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10730919&#10730919] has a link to a tutorial in French where someone figured out how to convert a dead iMac for use as a "normal" monitor.
In your case, if the Mac is still working and it's just the hard drive (and so not really "dead",) then it maybe more worthwhile to either get a replacement hard drive, or sell the iMac and use the money to buy a monitor. Doing the previously mention modification will make the computer portion of the iMac not functional permanently. (Whereas now you have a working iMac that's still worth something if you try to sell it.) A non-Apple 19-21" monitor goes for much less than $200 so for most people without the skill, it's not worth the trouble to convert a broken iMac into a monitor.

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