VHS to Macbook question

My mom is trying to figure out if it is viable or realistic for her (not me) to take a old camcorder that has VHS type tapes and put them onto her Macbook. Now, it seems you have to connect this first to a Digital Camcorder with a AUX or whatever older video input record it on there. Then from there transfer it onto the Macbook via the Digital Camcorder. After that she wants to edit it and burn it to a DVD.

So my questions are:

Is this even doable?
Could you recommend a camcorder that is Apple compatible as well as having a AUX or some kind of old video input?
How long would it take to edit and is there additional software she would need to do it?

I told her this is way over her head. The Apple store of course made her believe how easy it would be and she spent a ton of money on the wrong camcorder (bought a $800 Sony Mini DVD one about a year ago-yet its not Mac compatible nor does it have the proper input).

You just pick up one of these...

http://daystar-store.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=656

Then you can import from just about anything. Then just edit with iMovie.

I had one of those miniDVD camcorders when I bought my mac. I sold it on ebay to pay for one that is compatible.

Thanks for the link! I think that will do the trick once we get a different camcorder.

I used that to transfer VHS and 8mm tapes to my mac. Once you get a different camcorder you won't need that. Only if you want to import more VHS or other things.