Render on internal HD same speed as USB - make sense?

I cannot figure this out. I'm using MacBook unibody that is a core 2 duo 2.0 ghz w/ 2GB of RAM, and a 160GB 5400 HD. I wanted to speed up the render time qnd was thinking that if added another internal 7200 HD as a dedicated scratch disk that it would speed up the render a little bit. The problem is I checked the activity monitor today and I was only writing at 4mb/s which seems really slow. I plugged in a spare USB HD and it wrote at the same speed. A 20 second clip took maybe 15seconds longer on the USB.
I'm editing HD 1920x1080 arched import to Aic.
Does this make any sense? Is there a setting thing I'm not aware of? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

The scratch disk will make almost no difference to render times. Render speed is entirely based on processor speed.

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USB Bus:
Host Controller Location:          Built In USB
Host Controller Driver:          AppleUSBOHCI
PCI Device ID:          0x0026
PCI Revision ID:          0x0000
PCI Vendor ID:          0x106b
Bus Number:          0x18
Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard:
Version:          1.22
Bus Power (mA):          500
Speed:          Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:          Mitsumi Electric
Product ID:          0x1002
Vendor ID:          0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
HL-1270N series:
Version:          1.00
Bus Power (mA):          100
Speed:          Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:          Brother
Product ID:          0x0008
Serial Number:          L9J286292
Vendor ID:          0x04f9
Basic Optical Mouse:
Version:          0.00
Bus Power (mA):          100
Speed:          Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:          Microsoft
Product ID:          0x0084
Vendor ID:          0x045e
Apple Pro Keyboard:
Version:          1.22
Bus Power (mA):          250
Speed:          Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:          Mitsumi Electric
Product ID:          0x0204
Vendor ID:          0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
SuperDisk USB 120MB drive:
Version:          0.0e
Bus Power (mA):          500
Speed:          Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:          Imation
Product ID:          0x0002
Vendor ID:          0x0718
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Version:          1.22
Bus Power (mA):          500
Speed:          Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:          Mitsumi Electric
Product ID:          0x1002
Vendor ID:          0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
HL-1270N series:
Version:          1.00
Bus Power (mA):          100
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Product ID:          0x0008
Serial Number:          L9J286292
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Basic Optical Mouse:
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Speed:          Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:          Microsoft
Product ID:          0x0084
Vendor ID:          0x045e
Apple Pro Keyboard:
Version:          1.22
Bus Power (mA):          250
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Product ID:          0x0204
Vendor ID:          0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
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Serial Number:          L9J286292
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Bus Power (mA):          100
Speed:          Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
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Product ID:          0x0084
Vendor ID:          0x045e
Apple Pro Keyboard:
Version:          1.22
Bus Power (mA):          250
Speed:          Up to 12 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:          Mitsumi Electric
Product ID:          0x0204
Vendor ID:          0x05ac (Apple Computer, Inc.)
SuperDisk USB 120MB drive:
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Bus Power (mA):          500
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Product ID:          0x0002
Vendor ID:          0x0718
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Host Controller Location:          Built In USB
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PCI Revision ID:          0x0000
PCI Vendor ID:          0x106b
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Detachable Drive:          Yes
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The above is what the bar says. It's been a while and wondered, maybe Apple changed the format for forums. Then got this nice big blank canvas to air my concerns. Went to school for Computer Science, BSEE, even worked at Analog Devices in Newton Massachusetts, where they make something for apple.
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PEACE===AM SURE APPLE WILL BLOW US AWAY - they have to figure out how to increase the power for 150 watts or make the GPU work which in regard to FPU, I thought was NVIDIA?

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