Sony HDR-SR5E AVCHD on OS X?

hi everyone, after seeing the new iLife'08 suite today, i just couldnt resist and ordered it. At one point in the introduction video they show a AVCHD camera ( don't recall which brand right now ). Now i was looking on the web and found the attractive Sony HDR-SR5E, and i was wondering if anyone would happen to know if it works with the current ilife/video production software, or ( though at this point it's a long shot to ask ) with the new iLife'08? Since it obviously supports AVCHD.

Hi capz.
I check the sites:
http://www.apple.com/ilife/whatsnew.html
and it truly said iMovie supports standard and high definition video, as well as the most popular formats, including DV, HDV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and even AVCHD
I haven't gone to deep since I still using iLife '06.
But I think it worth to try to get '08, and even if it still won't communicate with your camera, you still get the best beginer ro intermediate editing program available.
Good Luck.

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