I use Sony Vegas Movie Studio 8.0 along with Sony DVD Architect Studio 4.5d. I have a partitioned hard drive, I am using a Sony Vaio with a Pentium processor, 3.06 mHz, 1 gig of RAM. I am also using Windows XP Home Edition as an OS.
At the same time I am talking with Canon to see if this camera is capable of recording in a more user-friendly format. It will record a full HD at 30fps.
I think I covered your questions but if not please let me know.
Thank you for the help.