Motion won't start on my new iMac

I have a new iMac 1.83 Ghz with the intel core duo and 2 gigs of ram.
Every time I try to run Motion it takes me to the Welcome screen, where I select "Start with a New Project", then I get the "Select Project Preset". I select somethig (it doesn't matter what), I get the menu up top, then the spinning beach ball of death and then...Nothing. The motion menu at the top goes away and thats it. No error message, nothing. I have reinstalled motion and I still get the same result.
Thoughts?

Well, unless you have the 2.1 Universal version, it's not-a-gonna run. The only way you can get 2.1 is to upgrade to Final Cut Studio - which from Motion 2 is $199, but you get everything, Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, SoundTrack Pro, etc...
If you only have Motion 1, you are SOL...
Patrick

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Date/Time: 2006-10-20 14:32:53.406 -0400
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Doh! - see what happens when you don't read carefully enough?
I've heard it reported, though that while not supported on the MacBook, Motion does run. So that doesn't seem to be the source of your problem. What I would say is you should remove the receipts for Motion in your /Library/Receipts folder before re-installing. You may not be getting a clean install...
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From: US
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