New iMacs not Final Cut Pro 4.5 Friendly

Lance writes in with this bit of warning for any FCP 4.5 users thinking about upgrading to a new iMac: "If you are wanting to use FCP4.5 with the new iMacs you are out of luck. 4.5 doesn't support the new graphics cards. And there won't be a software update; just got off the phone with Apple. So my grading of the new iMac right now is 'suck', although I haven't tried Front Row, so that might make me feel better. Had I known I would have bought one of the old ones. But I got Apple screwed. So I guess I'll have to upgrade. Suck. Let everyone else know just in case they are debating between an old iMac or the new one. It would've been a great short form DV cutting machine. And it still will for another $300-$500."

This seems like a bad move on Apple's part. I mean, if people are suing over scratched iPods, Apple might want to avoid giving people more reasons to get upset. I know they want everyone to use the latest and greatest version of FCP, so that they can sell more copies, but graphic card support on a standard machine shouldn't be the issue that makes an older version of the software stop performing properly. Couldn't some of the coders who have been spending their time writing things like Photo Booth get up and actually write some useful code like a fix for this (and throw in an iPhoto update while you're at it)?

Lance adds "Photo booth effects unfortunately made a few of us at work laugh out loud. So it is kinda fun." Thanks, Lance!