Premiere n my Macbook Pro

Hi, I am using:
Premiere CS6
macbook pro '09
OS10.6.8
8 Gb Ram
2.53Ghz Intel 2 Duo
I am getting serious lag, The job and file sizes are large, but i am inquiring: Is there anyway to pump up my system, will more RAM help in this case, etc?
Should scratch disc settings be set to a sperate disc than media file storage?
Suppose I could transcode all the media to small proxy files. dont really want to do that.
thanks!
A

AirFoxMedia wrote:
Hi, I am using:
Premiere CS6
macbook pro '09 ....
I am getting serious lag, The job and file sizes are large, but i am inquiring: Is there anyway to pump up my system, will more RAM help in this case, etc?
What kind of media are you editing?
Unfortunately, your MBP is highly underpowered for the task at hand, and its upgrade path is nearly nil. You can't add any more RAM to it, as far as I know. The GPU only has .5G of RAM at most and is a fairly underpowered nVidia 8600M. There's nothing you can do to change that.
Extra storage may help. The problem is: you don't have much in the way of useful expansion ports on the laptop. USB 2, FW800, and an ExpressCard3/4 slot. The ExpressCard slot could give you eSATA expansion capabilities, but unfortunately I don't think it's v2.0, meaning it's slower(!) than USB.
I'd recommend saving your sheckles and going after a newer rig. I know it's a lot to consider, but your laptop is a little over 4 years old now, and that's a good run for something like that.

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