Help editing 720p video On Sony FW21m Laptop

Hi I wonder if you can help me? I would like to edit 720p at 60 frames per second but my laptop is a little under spec so I am wondering if you can make any suggestions without replacing the mahine. Heres what im running:
Windows 7 64 bit
Adobe CS3 64 bit
4GB kit (2GBx2) DDR2 PC2-6400 • CL=6 • Unbuffered
320gb Hard drive 7200 rpm with Serial ATA-300, 16 MB,
Processor is Intel Core 2 duo P8600 2.4ghz (3M Cache, 2.40 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)
The graphics card is Graphics Controller: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 - 256 MB
The computer has a firewire port and usb 2.0
I have an external 1000GB 5400rpm drive
and a 500GB 7200rpm 16mb cache Internal drive which I have a usb external enclosure for But I could get a firewire enclosure if that would help
I want to be able to edit fotage from a Canon EOS 550D at frame rates 1280 x 720 at 60 frames per second the files are .MOV with h.264 encoding
It would also be helpful if I could occassionally use 1920 1080 at 30 frames. But this is not essential
Is there any way I can edit these files using Adobe Premiere - any version? or are there any pther packages that may help?
What improvements can I make? Would it help to set up an external firewire drive to output to. Additionally an external USB 7200rpm to source the clips from? And how does this set up work?
Any suggestions would be really appreciated
Simon
Im not sure what additional modifications I can make to help edit this footage. I have looked at upgrading the processor to an I5 but im not sure if it is possible or would help.
Alternatively if this is a lost cause can anyone refer me to a cheap laptop that is capale of editing 720p 60 frame files from a Canon DSLR

I once worked in a film crew where i made a steadycam from a brick, a hinge
and an elastic band!
Im not giving up that easily.
How about if I replace my HD with a 128GB SSD to run the 64bit applications
Any SSD 2.5 Recommendations?
Then look at what I can achieve with my ExpressCard slot.
This is depednent on whether the Expresscard module is connected to a USB
slot on the board or a PCI controller. Check out the speed differences:
ExpressCard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard> 1.2
USB<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus> 2.0
mode480 Mbit/s60 MB/sPC Card 32-bit (CardBus) Word mode533 Mbit/s
66.66 MB/sPC Card 32-bit (CardBus) DWord mode1,067 Mbit/s133.33 MB/s
ExpressCard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard> 1.2 PCI
Express<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express>
mode2,500 Mbit/s250 MB/sExpressCard<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard>
2.0 USB <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus> 3.0 mode*
4,800 Mbit/s*600 MB/sExpressCard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard>
2.0 PCI Express <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express> mode*
5,000 Mbit/s*625 MB/sIf im running Expresscard 1.2 on a PCI slot that gives
me 250 MB/s
Thats enough to run 2 FW800 drives at the same time from Express slot.
Although I'm tempted to go for an esata dual port ExpressCard which will use
the maximum bandwith or the slot
One question, If your sourcing from one drive and outputting to another what
sort of speeds do you get from each? Im presuming the write speed of a drive
is 300MB/s or limited to 250MB/s if thats all the slot can manage. I just
want to add in the calculation of the speed reading the source dive that I
will have to account into the equation.
Im considering dual port:
FireWire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FireWire> (IEEE 1394b)
1600[45]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_device_bit_rates#cite_note-firewireb-44>
1,573 Mbit/s196.6 MB/s
or
single port
eSATA <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESATA> (SATA 300)2,400 Mbit/s300 MB/s
2004
Baring in mind I want to run 2 Hard drives through the slot and my limit is
(if it is)
ExpressCard <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressCard> 1.2 PCI
Express<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express>
mode2,500 Mbit/s250 MB/s
That would only really accommodate 1 esata drive running at max speed
Any suggestions folks?
And dont say buy a new laptop..
Thanks
Simon

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