In search of a good HD Camcorder

I have newborn twins and am in dire need of a good camcorder. My requirements are either a hard drive or Flash model and will spend up to US$1200.00 I have read certain articles that state it may be difficult to find camcorders that work nicely with Macs. Can someone please help me pic a good camcorder???
Thanks in advance,

+in addendum+ to Appleman's excellent advice ... :
Harddrive devices lack a feature:
when full - what can you do? you have to download to your Mac/a computer .. imagine that on vacation, on a trip to the zoo, Xmas at Grandmas house..
I like these SDcard devices, like tapes, just smaller
you get SDcards 'anywhere', you can put tons of Gigabytes into your pockets..
Canon HF100/200 would be my choice..

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