Why just one firewire port on iMac?

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PowerBook G4 15",1.67 GHz, 2 GB memory OS X 10.4.10. iMac 21.5 3.06 Ghz
I have PowerBook G4, which have two ports, 1 FW400 and 1 FW800. My issue with this is that both ports share the same FW module, so I can't hook up my external HD and videocamera at the same time because the camera is not recognized, so I have to capture to the internal drive, which is almost full
What do you do, iMac owners, to capture video?
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juancedeno said:
What do you do, iMac owners, to capture video?
Thanks
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Personally, I don't by crappy external hard disks that don't have a passthrough port.

In your case, I'd buy a hub.
 
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24" Imac 2.8GHz Core 2 duo, 4 GB and other stuff I don't know crap about.
I have a first generation 24" mac and it has both FW 400 and 800! Has this changed on the later models. 800 is probably all you need anyway.
 

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