Strange slow-motion typing slowdown

Hi folks, I am wondering if anyone else has noticed this issue I am having.
Every now and then randomly, and without any rhyme or reason in an application where I am typing in, it'll get slow for a second or two and the keystrokes appear in slow motion with a lag time slower than my typing and then return back to normal speed.. the beachball does not appear when that happens.
I have 4 GB of Ram. I can't remember if this happened or not with 10.5.1 or if it's a fault in the new firmware update for the keyboards.. so I though I'd send this out to see if anyone else has noticed this happening also.

Here's my workflow:
Export from FCP with your timeline with "current settings" and make either a self-contained movie or reference movie (your choice).
Then open the file in Quictime and chose export. Under your options category chose you preferred codec (such as Motion JPEG A) - set your frame size as NTSC 720x480 16:9 and commence downconversion. Your file should now be in SD format ready for mpeg2 encoding.
For what it's worth I think Compressor is a fairly easy way to go. Try exporting an HDV file out of FCP and then importing that into Compressor. Or just crack open Ouicktime Pro downconvert there and then use Compressor or DVDSP (which really is basically the same thing) to encode your m2v file.
Ryan

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