Please Help Me!!! I'm New!!

Hello everyone!!

I'm new here, and this is my first post, so apologies if its not in the right place!

I have an ancient laptop at the moment, barely running Windowz 98(!), and think the way forward for me is to get an iMac...but have a question, can anyone help?

I have a Sony Handycam HC39E, can I download and burn my home movies with iDVD? It says in the camcorder manual you need a SONY VAIO series computer. Is this true? Surely not??!!!!!

Thanks!

If its a miniDV camera, you shouldn't have a problem I wouldn't think. You can just open iMovie and import your movies with a firewire cable.

Thanks for that...it says on box Mini DV digital video cassette. How can I find out 100% I can download onto my new computer? Don't want to spend £879 on a iMac only to find out I can't do what I want it to do??!!!

Does the Camera have a firewire port on it? You could also take the camera to an Apple store and ask them if you can hook it up and see....

Sorry to be so thick...(!) but what does a firewire port look like???!! It says in the manual I need an i.LINK cable....
Good idea about trying an APPLE store! Thanx!

singstar said:

Sorry to be so thick...(!) but what does a firewire port look like???!! It says in the manual I need an i.LINK cable....
Good idea about trying an APPLE store! Thanx!

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Sony calls Firewire i.LINK. I found that out when my brother was trying to figure out his Sony camera. The port should look like the small end of the cable in this picture:

if your thinking of switching then you should if you no some with a mac then pop round and ask to try it

or just pop in to your local mac store

Thanks everyone...went and brought Sony iLink cable(£29.99-BARGAIN!!!!!!!), but the 4-pin end doesn't fit into my camcorder/docking station. Have got someone with a mini mac who said he would try and get it to work on his, but got to take cable back to Sony shop first and hopefully get one that fits!! Will keep you posted!

singstar said:

Thanks everyone...went and brought Sony iLink cable(£29.99-BARGAIN!!!!!!!), but the 4-pin end doesn't fit into my camcorder/docking station. Have got someone with a mini mac who said he would try and get it to work on his, but got to take cable back to Sony shop first and hopefully get one that fits!! Will keep you posted!

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welcoem to the forums! Definitely keep us posted!

I am a wally!!! :dummy: Went marching into my local Sony store with cable in hand only to watch the 3yr old shop assistant put the cable into the docking station first time!!! SO EMBARRASING!!!
Anyway, tried sucessfully managed to upload my videos onto my friends mac! Going out to buy my iMac tomorrow!!! Yipee!!!

singstar said:

I am a wally!!! :dummy: Went marching into my local Sony store with cable in hand only to watch the 3yr old shop assistant put the cable into the docking station first time!!! SO EMBARRASING!!!
Anyway, tried sucessfully managed to upload my videos onto my friends mac! Going out to buy my iMac tomorrow!!! Yipee!!!

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Sweet!

Let us know how you like your iMac.