Keeping my computer running for 48+ hours to convert one film to iPod format is the real kicker. If I want to do all six films, that's practically two weeks straight. I'm still uncertain if I made the right call for Christmas a few years ago - new computer or new camcorder. I chose the latter. For the record, my Mac G4 has these specs:

Mac OS X 10.4.11
1.25 GHz PowerPC Processor
2 GB DDR SDRAM
2 Internal HDs - 60 GB & 80 GB
300 GB / 320 GB / 500 GB Seagate External HDs
128 MB NiVIDIA GeForce4 Ti 4600 Video Card
LaCie All Format DVD/CD LightScribe Burner

And you know what? My original G4 had a Dual Processor. It appears my current one does not. How's that for loser's luck?

-NJM