Anyone used their 15" MBP for FCP?

I've been trying ways to get it working for me, I've seen people using FCP on their laptop to do editing (not capturing) without any ext drives connected to it but I can't seem to even edit properly on my MBP... Kinda frustrating...

Sounds like 2 issues to me:
Your clips' settings aren't matched to your sequence settings. If you drag a newly captured clip into a sequence and it immediately demands rendering, then you've got a clip/sequence mismatch.
Secondly, you don't want to be capturing, editing, or in any way be manipulating media that resides on your internal HD. Sounds like you've seen people do this exact thing but it's certainly not recommended. By doing so you're asking the internal HD to manage: 1.) The OS 2.) The actual app involved (FCP) and 3.) The actual media.
There's too much going on there. Even if you've got a 7200 rpm internal HD, you're asking for problems. And if you don't have that fast a drive - well....
Match your clips to your sequence.
Get the media onto an external drive.
Report back to us.

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