Creative Labs Vado HD 720p Pocket Video Camcorder with 8 GB Video Storage and 2x Digital Zoom (Black) This instant

The Vado HD might be fine for the PC, but on the Mac it's barely functional.

No Mac instructions are in the box, on the camcorder itself is a readme file that tells you to download a plug-in for quicktime

Even with the plug-in the audio didn't work in quicktime, though there was audio when playing back with VLC.

You cannot import the video (.avi) files into iMovie, thus, to the best of my knowledge, editing is impossible.

The Creative website doesn't seem to include any advice to remedy these issues

When compared to the Flip Mino HD the Vado HD is a poor choice for mac users. The Mino comes with mac compatible software and records files as mp4, which is compatible with iMovie.

I boxed up my Vado, sent it back to amazon, and ordered a Mino HDGet more detail about Creative Labs Vado HD 720p Pocket Video Camcorder with 8 GB Video Storage and 2x Digital Zoom (Black).