Hard Disk Drive Camcorder

I have a mac book and am looking to buy a hard disk drive camcorder. before i do i would like to make sure that it is compatible with the mac book. any suggestions on what camcorders are and aren't? i've heard various opinions about this and would like to be sure before i spend the money.
I'm looking at:
Panasonic sdr-h200
Sony dcr-sr45
JVC gz-mg55
Kim

Fred,
This brings up the question: How do you store an edited movie for possible future use? Now I export out of iMovie back to a MiniDV tape in my camcorder and put that project in a draw.
Are we going to start stacking up removable hard drives with movie projects on them?

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