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Use airport admin utility to daisy chain one from the other.

Do your G5’s have wireless?

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you cant play HDV out through firewire because of the long gop structure

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if your computer has any warranty on it you will probably void it

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have you tried a google search, I am sure you will find several

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Hard drives in apple laptops are NOT user installable (except for the macbook. You need some one who is certified in Apple laptop repair to do it. I have heard that Apple will only replace it if it is not working and will not do upgrades to internal drives. There are many small portable hard drives that are powered by the computer. They are going to be your best option.

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Trash your FCP preference files

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A lot of your questions depend on your local market. I cannot say wether or not your local market will provide enough work for you to make a solid living, nor can I say what you should charge.

I live in Utah so my local market it VERY different from anywhere else. There are lots or Mormon weddings here and because most Mormons choose to get married in the Temple, there are relatively few ceremonies to film. (mostly video montage out side the temple & receptions). And because most of the couples are very young (early 20’s) most don’t have a lot of money to put into a video (unless dad’s loaded)

Because of these reasons I try to focus my work on corporate video.

If you want to do weddings, go check out the next local bridal show and see what others in your area charge, and what exactly they offer.

I hope this helps a bit, like I said every market is going to be a bit different (mine just happens to be a lot different)

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“The standard graphic card – is it good enough for normal work?”

That depend what you YOU concider “normal work”

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true however the sad thing is I have found that there are to many so called professionals who say they know what they are doing, who really do not. I used to work for a couple of guys who thought they knew what they were doing, yet they didn’t understand some basics like say continuity and the 360 rule, yes i know it can be broken but the problem was they didn’t know they were breaking it.

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I like your analogies