HF10 and editing with iMovie '08

Hey guys, I've been looking at AVCHD camcorders for about a year, but I've been waiting on a flash based camcorder that has comparable to quality to HDV. Looks like that has finally arrived with the HF10. I have two questions. Do you anticipate many compatibility issues between the HF10 and iMovie '08? (If there are, do you think Apple would correct this via software update?)
Also, has anyone tried using the "High" video quality rather than "Full" in iMovie? If so, how does it look and how is it to work with? I doubt my computer (Macbook, 2 GHz and 2 GB of ram) would run smoothly using the full HD, and the high format would be more than sufficient for my purposes. I would like to use iMovie '08 for importing and organization, and iMovie HD for editing.
Thanks in advance for any replies.

Thanks for the prompt reply.
*>>Chroma-key are easy and standard here (three tools at least to do it with*)
You mean only FCut is the place to look for those effects?
I'll take a good look at the sites you pointed out.
Anything good about this outfit?
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/ezediapluginsforimovievol1.html
*HERE is another nagging one for you* (if I may) - not specific to iMoviexx, but possibly affecting downloads, upgrades to iMovie etc...
Concerns errors reported in Send/Rcv via WiFi on my MBP:
I get a lot of Send and Receive errors - as monitored by Network Utility.app when on my wireless network. Actually 10-20 after just 1/2 hour of WiFi activity. Going thru a Linksys WRT54GL router into a HughesNet satellite modem. AND, if I PING another device on my wireless network, I often get LOST PACKETS. All an indication that at least in my case - and I hear the same many Forums denizens complain about similar issues.
Now, as I download important stuff through the wireless network - say, the current many updates/upgrades for Mac OS X, iPhoto etc... and the MBP, do such occurrences render the downloads unreliable? I do not get any message of incomplete download or such as Install such wirelessly downloaded upgrades, but I am concerned about applying upgrades which would have been damaged by such xmission errors. OR, perhaps errors are flagged and "corrected" somehow??
Meanwhile, I have recently started to download -especially upgraged - via a direct LAN connection between my MBP and the satellite modem. However, seems to be a setback to me, especially since my most mundane among my Win machines have no trouble communicating over the wireless network.
Thanks again!
- rt

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