System requirements for Final Cut Studio 2

Hello. Can anyone help please?
There's a Final Cut Studio 2 that I have been offered to purchase, and I would like to go for it, only I'm not sure my machine will install it.
The machine is this:
Model Name:    MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:    MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2.53 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:    3 MB
Memory:    4 GB
Bus Speed:    1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:    MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system):    1.47f2
Serial Number (system):    W894993366E
Hardware UUID:    A0C3CB0E-3521-5238-8B44-450211CE479C
And it is running OSX 10.6.5
I mainly want to run the Final Cut Pro 6 from the FCS2 Suite.
Will it work!?
Any help gratefully recieved.
Many thanks
J

Well I've asked him if he will. He's an Amazon seller, so... fingers crossed. Are there any other ways I can check? I've looked at the minimum system requirements on the Apple site, and it seems to be okay, but of course the Apple rep I spoke to seemed very doubtful (said that I should have to re-install the older OSX (5.5?) (that was out at the same time) by partioning my computer, so I could run both, and wanted to sell me FCP X instead. I of course told him I had heard the reviews and would only buy it over the counter named "my dead body". He promised me he wasn't on a commission basis, but.... he didn't seem very helpful! Cheers Ian.

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