Computer in Minneapolis, an Apple dealer, manned the helm. The actual editing process is nearly as simple as the connection. You can record selected video scenes onto the hard drive in real time. It's like the game Scrabble , where you line up the letter tiles on a small plastic easel to spell words. You can also add music and titles to your movies just as easily.
Professionals pay a lot of money for computer driven editing equipment.
The iMac uses software to recreate the video on screen. The computer screen displays the video at a lower resolution and a lower frame rate than DV video. It appears noticeably jerky, but I found it acceptable for its use, and especially its cost. Editing and recording are at full resolution and full frame rates. No quality is lost in the process.