I have a Mac that is just a editing workhorse nothing on it but FCP and related programs. I have my main computer wich is a plain old ibm
windows xp 2002
amd athlon XP 1600+
1.41 GHz 640MB of Ram

and I have a laptop that I use at home when Im capturing or exporting on both puters

laptop is super charged, makes my desktop look like its in Kindergarden. Poo picked it out for me.