What is the best cheap camcorder?

What cheap camcorder works best with an Apple G5 computer?

• I need to find a cheap camcorder (under $200 ideally) that works well with an Apple computer (specifically: iMac G5 1.8 GHz processor, 2 GBs ram). I've been reading through reviews of digital camcorders and many of them are made specifically for Windows PCs and cause trouble (or just don't work) on Macs. What camcorder should I buy?

• Answer:

  Back in college, I used the Media Center's Sony Digital 8 camcorder and that interfaces with iMovie flawlessly on a G4. With the Digital 8's (note: not the High 8, there's a difference) firewire connection with the Apple computer, the iMovie program was able to control the Sony Digital 8 camcorder down the the hundredth of a second. If I hit advance .1 of a second on the computer, the camera's tape will move ever so slightly to that point. I was super impressed with the ease of this process. I have since bought a MiniDV camcorder and used it with my PC computer and the controls are nearly as seamless as the Sony Digital 8 with the G4. I mention the Digital 8 cause they don't make them anymore, but you can find plenty of slightly used ones on eBay in your price range. If I was to do computer editing of my home movies, I would totally go the route of a Sony Digital 8 camcorder with an Apple. I had never ever edited video on the computer before that and it was so simple that I was able to pick up on it in less than 15 minutes and make a decent movie with my footage within an hour.