okay well the other day, i was editing on my macbook pro (which is not the newest generation, it is the all silver one, non unibody, and the model right before they made the trackpad reminiscent to the ipod touch/iphone..) so i had final cut open, my external hd plugged in via
firewire 800, as i usually do... and i was exporting a montage full quality like i always do, to compress in a 3rd...