Rendering in AE 5.5 is so slow!

Hello everyone,
I'm new to after effects, whenever i drag any video whether is HD or any quality and try to preview it , it keeps on lagging (rendering) for at least 5-10 minutes.
I've tried it in two different machines, Mini mac, and macbook pro..
and all videos tend to take ages to render.
Am i unaware of anything? maybe in the preferences or settings?
Thanks!

Am i unaware of anything? maybe in the preferences or settings?
...erm, AE being a compositing program, not an edit suite? Seriously, and I know this sounds harsh, you simply have a wrong idea what AE is and how it works and operate on a lot of (wrong) assumptions. Very little in the program is realtime and there is a million otehr things that affect perceived or real performance like avialable memory, source formats used, effects involved and whatnot. You have some reading ahead of you and need to start here.
Mylenium

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