Concerned about rendering/exporting for too long - how bad is it for Macbook Pro?

If it's even bad at all...
I know these machines are made to take some strain, but I always get a little panicky when I need to export big jobs.
I'm currently busy exporting Quicktimes (not self-contained) of a project in which I had to key out backgrounds for what will eventually end up as a DVD. Thing is, I'm working in ProRes 422 (HQ) and the DVD's over an hour long in the end...
And I still have to grade later on, which means another render cycle, and after that, send to DVD, which means yet ANOTHER render cycle...
So I'm hoping those out there can help me put my mind at ease.
My Macbook:
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro5,3
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2,8 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          6 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          1,07 GHz
CPU's currently running at 203 Fahrenheit (95 Celsius) and the fans are pumping at aroun 5500RPM. I imagine the machine will carry on like this for at least another 8 hours, if not 10 or more...
Can I rest easy or should I tell these inconsiderate, uninformed and ungrateful clients (who have no understanding of what postproduction ACTUALLY entails) to buzz off?
Thanks!

Haha thanks, but believe me - I've reached my threshold.
I've hardly ever burnt bridges, and in this case the client is a photographer with a bunch of DSLRs who decided he's gonna do a multicam shoot and transcode everything to ProRes422. Which is all good, except the final DVD is arond 1.5 hours, and he wants the backgrounds replaced. So instead of shooting with a green screen, he just shot against his infinity curve - which ended up being a TOTAL nightmare for me because there is so much white in his shots that I just couldn't fathom why he wouldn't shoot green? On top of this, he brought me all the footage on a friggin' USB drive, and then expected me to copy it onto my drives. I informed him that I didn't have 500 odd gigs free and that he'd have to provide a faster drive. He did so, but the result is that the first day of post was spent copying files to the new drive.
On top of this, I decided to take on this job because a friend of mine couldn't do it, and I thought I'd help out - he gave me the impression that it would be a very easy 5 day job. If only - this friend drew up the initial quote, but he didn't take rendering or exporting time into consideration, and also didn't quote for an on-set post supervisor. The result is that he under quoted, and I'm fighting against time to get through cos I need to carry on with another job tomorrow. And the client hasn't even done a proper approval, provided me with music needed for the project, etc. etc.
****, I'm so over people who just don't understand or respect post. Anyway, excuse me for venting, I really needed to do that.
So you reckon the laptop will handle it? Any other thoughts out there?

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