Imac and Sony HD Camcorder

Looking for feedback from Intel Imac owners that work with Full HD video (1920x1080i).
I am considering purchasing a new 2.4ghz Imac. It appears I will need to use an external firewire drive to store the video.
Does anyone else use an imac for editing and managing the video? It is able to manage the video in a reasonable amount of time, and with ease?
Any tips greatly appreciated.

You may need to connect via Firewire if it's a tape based camera to transfer video to the iMac but you can keep footage on USB or Firewire drives quite easily.
Firewire used to be preferred for storage but frankly there's not that much in it these days.
You need to decide if you're going to get a DV HD camcorder (firewire transfer) or a disc/hard drive based one (disc itself or USB).
There were issues importing from hard drive cameras this time last year as the AVCHD format wasn't supported by iMovie HD 6, but that's changes to some extent.
If i were you I'd draw up a camera shortlist and software shortlist (iMovie 08, Final Cut Express etc or other), and then check the software compatibility pages and check on teh discussion fora for imovie and Final Cut to see if anyone else uses your camera.
I have an older Sony HC3 HD camera which uses tape. Tapes are cheap, but it's a bit of a chore these days waiting an hour to upload an hour's footage. I dare say things will have changed completely in 5 years time.
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