Petter, I don't think anyone's suggesting (particularly me) that he abandon this model 
FED, man, hit those tutorials and practice! As Petter mentioned, panel layout is very important, and it might take a few projects to develop a workflow you're comfortable with. There are a few really good AS users roaming around here, so maybe they'll chime in as your project progresses...
CPU 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
Memory 16 GB
HDD 2 TB
Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 6970m 2 GB
Monitor Setup 27-inch 2560 x 1440
OS OSX Lion