Should it take days to render/export a 30 minute movie?

I've edited a video of myself teaching a class. I blurred the bottom half of the screen to obscure the identities of the children for legal reasons.
I did the blurring by duplicating the video track onto V1. The track on V2 was given a Gaussian blur. The track on V1 has a rectangular mask filter set on inverse to reveal the blurred video underneath.
The problem is, it will take about 4 days to export a 30-minute video. Surely that can't be right. I started by rendering the video so I could view it real time but after 8 hours it only got to 2%.
So I gave that up and decided to render out a DV stream, figuring that I could edit that easier. After 4 hours it was still at only 1%.
I canceled that and decided to export the video in thirds. Then I can splice them back together in QT or FCP. If the computer locks up, then I only lose a third of my time invested.
It's been 18 hours now and it's only 27% through the first third. The machine is incredibly sluggish. If I click on another program window it takes about a minute to respond. The clock is keeping up time though the dividers are no longer flashing.
It's never taken this much computing power to export video. Does it make a difference on how many filters I have? I put about 8 oval masks over individual kids' faces before realizing it'd be easier to just wipe out the whole bottom half. Those oval mask filters are still there even though they're not necessary.
At this rate it will take a week to export a DV stream. What's going on? Do I need to restart? Will it go faster if I set the Scratch files on another drive?
I'm using FCP2.0 on a Dual 533mhz G4 running OS 9.2. I have 790 MB of RAM.
On an unrelated question, can I upgrade from FCP 2.0 (which runs on OS 9 only, not Classic) to the latest version (OSX only)?

I have not done the sort of extreme update you are contemplating, but I would suggest you finish all the current projects on your current system before making any software upgrades. Things can get flakey when upgrading software mid project. Start a new project on the new system.
RAM, purchased from a reputable dealer like Crucial, could give you a boost on your current projects. If you want to continue for a while with your G4, I would suggest you max out the RAM on the machine whether you want to upgrade the OS and FCP to the latest versions or not.
If you have a number of projects coming up over the next year, you probably want to look at a new machine as the time and aggravation savings will probably pay for the thing.
As far as the FCP upgrade goes, I think the software is complete in the box, but requires you enter the serial number of your prior version on installation. I don't think the software you are upgrading from has to be installed on the machine – but I'm not sure about this.
Tom

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