Lower range apple computer for FCP

can some one suggest me... what would lowest range of apple Computer that would support FCP. lowest by cost and specification!!
i m new to this FCP and would like to buy 1 apple machine for Practicing FCP.

+Dropped frames are no longer an issue? When did this happen?+
If and when you go tapeless Zeb then dropped frames become very much less of an "issue".
+Perhaps when transferring data to a media drive USB is fine, but last I saw when I opened up Final Cut Pro, that data still needs to be streamed to the user interface.+
And how much of an issue that it is depends wholly on the nature of the work combined with the severity of the issue. The occasional dropped frame certainly doesn't prevent me from telling a **** good story.
+But, if what you say is true ...+
And it is
+... considering that the cost of firewire drives are hardly a premium anymore over USB2 drives why would one even risk dropped frames because of the protocol? Why not bother to set up a rig properly in the first place?+
Well I'm thinking our original poster from Bhutan is likely somewhat more limited in available resources and will want and need to use whatever is best available, especially seeing as they already noted that they were looking for the cheapest possible means to get their feet wet. Jumping all over privileged 11 year olds with spendy parents is one thing but not everyone is that lucky.

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