IMovie and Firewire Free MacBook

I bought a MacBook. I want to edit movies. Do I have to go out and buy another camera because my MacBook doesn't have a firewire port and Mac Help says Use a Firewire Port? My cameras are all tape-based and work just fine thank you.
Or should I buy another video editing software and jettison iMovie?
Thanks

Or should I buy another video editing software and jettison iMovie?
The problem is not iMovie, it is the lack of Firewire.
Other software will still want Firewire.
You can buy a USB camcorder, but USB camcorders use formats that use high compression to store the video files thereby lowering quality. This may be good enough to give you "decent footage" if so, then you won't have a problem using a USB camcorder. However I have never been happy with the quality that a USB camcorder provides (they always look grainy to me).
A miniDV tape cam will give you lossless quality video and is best for any editing purposes (iMovie, Final Cut etc.). So without Firewire make sure you get a chance to try out any USB camcorder before you buy.
Many import on another Mac, then copy the movie to the aluminum Macbook for editing.
iMovie 06 and iDVD 08 is a terrific combination.
MANY equipment manufacturers are coming out with NEW Firewire equipment next year.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/FireWires-Strong-Presence-Notebook-PCs/sto ry.aspx?guid={D12CE010-A630-40CF-8373-7B6DBF44C822}
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jimfitzgerald wrote:
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Time needed can depend on several things.
• less than 5 GB free space on Start-up (Mac OS) hard disk = Redicolous long times AND a DVD that most probably will not work OK
Medicine - I never go under 25GB free space
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Video - StreamingDV as from miniDV tape Cameras - or QuickTime Movies Converted to StreamingDV
Audio - .aiff 16-bit 48 kHz - (no .mp3, .wma etc)
• Use of old Mac - My G4 600MHz took about 24 hour per hour movie. my dG5 - about 2 hours per hour (I use Pro Quality encoding)
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NStrange wrote:
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