OK Don't buy a Sony Mini DVD video recorder

OK This is just my personal opinion here, but I HIGHLY recommend you buy any other type of video camera other than a Sony Handycam mini DVD recorder. I was hoping to do some editing of my travel experiences but it is becoming quite apparent that this is easier said than done when it comes to working with this particular Sony camera. You see it saves files in IFO and VOB format which is not recognized by the major editing software programs--Windows Movie Maker, Apple's imovie. The camera is not equipped for firewire. So I'm basically out of luck (that was not my first or second choice of phrases to use here!) I have learned alot about file formats and file conversions, however, not of it is helping me be able to do what I want to do with it--EDIT and USE IT!!! It's become very frustrating (and part of the reason why I haven't been able to do anything with it before because who has a whole extra week to fiddle around with google searches on recommendations, and failed file conversations and trips to computer stores for help and assistance that all comes back to the same results--FAILURE! So my recommendation to anyone out there looking for a new video camera don't go with the Sony handycam minidvd 301 if you want to do anything with what you're trying to tape!