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Using a mini DV and tranfering to Pc is not copmlicated at all.
Juatp lug a firewire cable from the camcorder to the Pc and switch on the camera to play mode.
It should auto find the device and ask you what you want to do.
If you have already got an editing program installed it will prompt you to open it up and capture the video on to the H.D.
You can also use Movie Maker to capture video footage and that is bundled with Windows.

You'l end up with one big video file on your hard drive. Most software will organise it and break it down into clips (eg, everytime you pressed stop when you were filming).
You then drag your clips onto a timeline and arrange them as you wish.
Follow the programs instructions and click burn and you have yourself a DVD.
You can do all of that within MovieMaker.