[Chuck Perpich]

Thanks for the reply!
I’m fine with putting all of my media on the external. That was the plan anyway. Maybe the problem is that I’m not sure how to go about doing edits while “offline” or on the road.

What is the best way to work on sequences when away from home?
If I import all of my AVCHD files using log and transfer into the ProRes codec onto the external drive the files are quite huge. That is not a problem as I have plenty of space on the external.
I would like to occasionally edit the timeline when I’m away from home. I thought that the best way to do this would be to recompress the media to an offline codec and put that on the internal drive, then reconnect to the ProRes on the external when I get home.

Am I mistaken in thinking this is a way of dealing with extremely limited HD space on a laptop?
What is the preferred workflow for working with media on a laptop?

Again, thank you very much for helping a complete newbie with his questions.