Which drive should I buy for iMovie? I only have 1 FW 400 and 1 USB2 port.

I have a 12" 1ghz AiBook and am getting into some iMovie editing, but I need a new hard drive for extra storage, and I need help figuring out what'll work.
Despite having maxed out the drive config (it's a 80 GB 4200 RPM drive, with about 11 GB of free space) there isn't enough to hold a full MiniDV tape's worth of clips, let alone to edit together a decent little project.
So I'm left with the following options:
* Upgrade the internal drive
* Buy an external FW drive
* Buy an external USB2 drive
The first option is obviously ideal, performance-wise, since I can get a speedy 7200 RPM ATA drive, but it's also very expensive, ~$150 for a decent drive, and my battery life will go to heck (moreso), and the install on the 12" is a PITA. So I'd like to avoid that.
For an external drive, I already have a USB2/FW enclosure with an old HD in it, so I'm considering putting a 7200 RPM drive in there and see if that'll work.
So my question is: Will it? Can I capture video to the drive in either USB2 or FW mode? Keep in mind that if I use it as FW, I'll have it on the same bus as the camera, so it'll be splitting bandwidth (or something). USB2 of course has its own problems...
What's the best way to go here? Should I just suck it up and upgrade the internal drive, or is a decent USB2 drive sufficient for capturing DV (not high-def) from iMovie? (After capture, I could always re-connect the drive via FW to keep throughput higher for DVD burning.)
Just looking for advice before I plunk down my hard earned cash.
Thanks in advance!
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I've never had any dropouts running any Sony camcorder "daisy-chained" through an external FireWire drive as long as the external drive has a 5400rpm or faster disc in it.
That's been true for G3 and G4 laptops, a Mac mini ..well; for all the Macs listed below (in small print).
But be aware - as Karsten says - that many Canon camcorders just won't do that: they won't work properly if any other FireWire device is connected to your Mac besides the camcorder ..so they will not work "daisy-chained" through an external disc ..see Karsten's suggestion about importing to the internal disc, then moving all that video to the external disc for editing. However, if you have next to no space on your internal disc, you'll need some other strategy, or to simply MAKE some space there.
I've upgraded alumin(i)um PowerBooks (12" and 17") to 120GB fast internal discs, and that doesn't seem to have diminished their running-time on battery power. But it's a finicky job with a 12" PB ..especially getting the F1 keytop to re-seat properly afterwards!
So if you don't have a Canon camcorder, it's probably best to get a fast external FireWire drive and capture and edit on that. If you DO have a Canon camcorder, it may be better to upgrade your internal disc, but you'll need concentration, steady hands, patience, and persistence (..trying to get that F1 keytop back on again!)

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