Absolute beginner's question about movie making from camcorder

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but I had to start someplace. My daughter just got a Sony DCRDVD mini handycam 105. It has NO hookup for importing recordings onto a computer. It has the small dvd's, the 8cm size. She has tried it on her Dell, running WindowsXP by placing it in the drive tray but it won't recognize the disc. I am using an iMac G5 iSIght and was wondering if anyone had any idea if there is a way to import the video from this size disc onto this machine. (I"m sure the side slot loading superdrive is out of the question) The cameras only adapter is one that allows it to be plugged into a TV or VCR using RCA type plugs. Surely there is SOME external drive that will allow my mac to be able to import the video on these discs. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. It has her wedding and reception on it and is afraid it's lost and can never be edited in any way.
Thanks
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My last bit of advice would be to use a DVD - R (or - RW) which at this point in time a more universal (older) format v. DVD + R which is a little newer and not all older DVD/VCR players can read...
Well, at least that's what they tell me...
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