I have an HPX500 and an HVX200, and have been using an older PowerBook for over three years, but they are getting difficult to find in good condition, and they're relatively slow.

I am amazed - no, more than amazed - that Panasonic hasn't evaluated the customer base of people that use Macs but don't want to spend a fortune for features they don't need.

Come on Panasonic, how difficult can it be to manufacture a simple firewire device that simply reads cards for ingesting into a laptop or tower?

Additionally - and, I love my Macs - but if the people at Apple were as smart as they used to be, they'd see that thousands of video professionals could be switching over to PCs simply because of this little problem. It certainly doesn't ring true given their TV advertising campaign.