Import .m2t into FCP directly? Without MPEG Streamclip?

So right now FCP will not import .m2t clips directly?
Could Apple consider putting this on their "to-do" list? Because we had the option of switching from PC (Vegas) to Mac (FCP) about 1 year ago, I looked at the MPEG Streamclip solution, and I pegged it as too much of a hassle.
We have about 2 TB of video data stored on portable NTSC drives, and we'll like to access any of it in future FCP projects. Conversion (even if its lossless) is a big issue.
Are there any plug-ins which would allow FCP to recognize this format, so we don't have to convert everything? Everything else (read-only NTSC support), sharing video across high-speed networks and buying Mac hardware is not a problem.
Apple! We would have switched a year ago if not for this! Am I missing an obvious solution?
Thank you,
-Gord

I was extremely happy to find it, and we were able then to try using FCE on some footage. I'm not dissing MPEG Streamclip. But this is something I expect would be a lot of value to people working in mixed environments.
Its not just our backlog of media, and our current projects expecting .m2t source files. It looks like we'd have to halt all capturing on PCs because their software captures to .m2t files. Instead of a smooth migration with new projects we'd have to spend a fortune on Macs, instead of growing our way into FCP.
Is it possible to capture HDV to QuickTime on a PC? Thanks for your comment.

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