Run FCP X on an iMac?

I'm thinking of buying the new iMac, but I don't know if it would be good to work with Final Cut Pro X on it?
Will you recomend the new iMac for editing HD material in FCP? Thanks!

The new iMac quad core i7 would not have a problem, I know this because I have the first gen iMac quad core i7 the first ones that came out, I am running FCPX also, I have 12 gigs of ram into the system. I highly recommend you getting the upgrade 2 terbyte disk for that machine, because 1 terabyte is low, if you are going to deal with HD content. Also try to get a secondary drive, an external thunderbolt drive with 2 terabyte and you should be kicking some bad *** short story movies or video clips like a pro.

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