How much is Final Cut Pro x?

I Am getting a mac in 3 weeks and I have heard IMovie is only good for small home movie projects. So I would like to get a more professional editing software. So how much is Final Cut Pro x?

max peacock wrote:
... and I have heard IMovie is only good for small home movie projects. .. II've never done anything professional before but I do YouTube videos, ..
may I suggest to read professional advice for the apps, and not what's chattered around on 'boards' or 'social media'?
all Apple Apps offer a 'Help' button, upper right in the Menu bar, which laeds to the official Manuals, e.g.
http://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.0/?lang=en
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.1/
and there're few professional, 'recommandable' posters at YouTube offering help, for FCPX I like to mention Larry Jordan, rippletraining, izzyvideo...
You can create highly professional video with iMovie, and you can create terrible amateurish stuff with FCPX ... these are just tools.
You get pro with your mind, not with your wallet...
Follow Ian's advice:
Use iMovie which comes preinstalled with your new Mac..
It needs some time to get to the bottom of this nice tool.

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Warning - This is a long post.
How to uninstall Final Cut Pro & the other ProApps -
There are two ways to do this. The first requires that you insert the
install discs for each app and go through the following procedure to
identify the installed files.
1) Insert the disc and double click the install icon.
2) Click to let the installer check your system
3) After the installer opens, click File > Show Files (Command-T)
4) Click the disclosure triangle next the the app's name to show all the
files installed, then select all of them
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7) If you have a printer connected, print
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in the list
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1) In Finder, choose Go > Go to Folder (Shift-Command-G)
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3) Click Go to open the Contents folder
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5) Enter the command lsbom -s (a lower case L, not an upper case i)
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