Using mac to do other tasks while compressing?

Are there any issues with surfing the web and watching either Flash or Quicktime streaming videos while compressing video in FCP onto another drive or using Compressor to compress video on another drive? What about while capturing?
Thanks.

The worst that can happen is that things will slow down a bit; I frequently use VueScan and my Nikon 5000 to batch scan slides, and/or work in Photoshop while Compressor is running.
I've never had any issues with the resulting compressed file, or a crash or freeze while doing this. Like Jerry, I have 8 GB of RAM in my MacPro. This is where lots of extra memory really helps.

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