Do you use FCP, Premiere, or something else? I'm trying to decide which to learn. I hear the render times in FCP are amazing faster.
Final Cut Pro.
I can't personally say whether it's faster or not, but I've read everywhere that Final Cut Pro is significantly faster than premiere.
I have them both but haven't tried premiere at all yet.
I definitely find the render times in Final Cut to be fast though. I recently bought a new iMac and final cut works incredibly smooth and I enjoy the workflow quite a bit.
The big complaint you may read about final cut is the magnetic timeline which many seasoned video editors criticize but I like it quite a bit. I find it keeps everything very organized.
Final Cut is incredibly user friendly, and since it's an Apple program, it's incredibly optimized and runs well even on sub-par machines (Not that you should cheap out on your computer if you can avoid doing so).