Is Motion compatible with Mac mini?

Hello,
We have Motion 3, and the management is considering to buy a new Mac mini.
Here are some specs for the new Mac mini they are considering -
2.4GHz Intel Intel Core 2 Duo / 4GB DDR3 SDRAM / 320GB hard drive / SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 320M / Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR, IEEE 802.11n (draft)
Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
With our current setup (see info below) I can't use the Light feature in Motion 3 and was told by Mark Spencer4 that,
"Motion isn't supported on a Mac Mini. In particular, lights won't work."
Will the latest Mac mini support Motion 3? How about Motion 4?
Overall, I'm dissatisfied with the performance of Motion on this Mac mini. It's very slow and I've heard that there are still memory shortages even in the latest Mac mini.
Any advice or suggestions?
Thank you
Specs for our current Mac mini -
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini1,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 1.66 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MM11.0055.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.3f4

From the Motion page:
ATI or NVIDIA graphics processor (*integrated Intel graphics processors not supported*)
From the Mac Mini specs:
It gives you next-generation NVIDIA GeForce 320M graphics — the fastest integrated graphics processor on the market today — and speedy DDR3 memory.
So, it's not using "Integrated Intel graphics processors.
My only question would be Motion needs 128MB of VRAM. Would 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory that the mini has, suffice.
As for the lights, I would think since the 320M uses OpenGL 3.2 that Lighting would not be a problem.
Just the memory issue would slow it down.

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