Copying a file from Cd/Dvd to MacBookPro?!

Hi,
I have got a MacBook Pro 2.33 and when I try to copy a file from cd or dvd ( let's say a movie about 700Mb) it takes about 20 minutes!! and furher if I try to open an app. during the copy it jump for a long time in the dock and when finally the app. appears it works very very slow. It's normal such behavoir or I have got some problems with my Mac?
Thanks

That is not normal. It is a multithreading operating system. Sounds like either your hard drive is overfull, or your RAM might be bad, or the Spotlight index hasn't completed, or you have too many active widgets, the directory is damaged, a bad peripheral needs an updated driver, or if you migrated from a PowerPC Mac to an Intel Mac you used Migration Assistant. The latter is not recommended because old PowerPC drivers and plugins can slow down your system. This is how I'd migrate from PowerPC to Intel:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0
Let us know which of these seems to be affecting you. If you need help isolating the particular cause, also please let us know which cause you want to isolate.

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