Does PE 11 support AVCHD files on a Mac?

Hi,
I am looking at buying my friend’s Macbook pro (2009)
He is letting me borrow it to see if it will work for my video editing.
Well yesterday when I was messing around with it, I found out that my New Sony handycam records AVCHD files. Mac doesn’t support raw AVCHD video playback.
I would like to edit on PE 11 but I don’t know if PE 11 Supports AVCHD files.
Does PE 11 support the AVCHD files? And if it does support AVCHD files, Will it support them even though this mac doesn’t support the playback?
Is it even worth editing on mac having to go through converting the files? Should I just stick with PE 11 on a PC?
And also kinda some side questions,
How can I make the mac playback the files?
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