HDV Editing workflow

About to start cutting a short shot in HDV on the Sony Z1 at 1080i. Will be capturing with a rented M10U over one weekend. Originally I was thinking of using the HDV native codec and Easy Setup and experiment with that workflow. But I have heard so many horror stories about i- and p-frame issues and dirty looking fades/dissolves that I would like to get more info regarding the use of other codecs before proceeding with HDV native.
For instance, has anyone tried HDV native but ended up going back to the Apple Intermediate Codec for better workflow? What are the requirements and pitfalls of working in DVCPro HD beyond drive space - what kind of conversion issues are involved to get to cutting with a DVCPHD Sequence?
Please bear in mind I do not have Decklink, the new Matrox box, HDVxDV or any of the more affordable software/hardware facilitators to do this very modestly budgeted project. All suggestions appreciated. Thanks.
17" 1 Gig Powerbook   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   FCP Studio Universal

Larry Jordan wrote an interesting summary of the state of HDV recently, you can read it here: http://larryjordan.biz/articles/ljhdvlearn.html
Larry is quite damning of the format and suggests that you must use a hardware card and transcode to DVCProHD or other format, and not edit in HDV, however you should read through the comments posted at the end of the article, particularly those made by Graeme Natress, who makes a very good case for editing natively.

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