Why doesn't my Macbook OS X 10.6.8 support quicktime? Or convert these videos for editing on my iMovie application?

So, once again, my mac has got me frustrated. Why can my mother edit quicktime videos on her PC? I can't do that with my Mac! I took a video with my camera and it opens with quicktime, but I can't do anything after that, I heard I need some type of converter, is this true? That's annoying to me because that's thirty dollars that shouldn't have to be spent for this type of thing. There should be another way of handling this. It's quite frustrating, and if someone could help me understand this, then awesome. Thank you.
I would also like to encourage nice commentary please if you choose to answer, thank you!
-Alicia

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