MBP 2.4 Not strong enough? Dropped frames? Tutorial Files

I just got the book FCP Editing (PEACH PIT), editing monk, sea world and commercial.
Keep getting errors that DISK not fast enough (running from external HD), or too many RT (turned it to SAFE=still got error), any idea? The whole project is in red, perhaps I don't have a setting set up correct? Surely this system is CPU FPU fast enough.
Advice?
Thanks

Perhaps your settings aren't correct.
What is the format of the media, and what is the flavor of your 'external HD' -- FW400? USB? FW800?
What are your sequence settings?
Welcome to the forum... we'll get this straightened out!!
CaptM

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