"ya woist night mayor" wrote in message
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Since the laptop and the camcorder will have to be compatible, I am
holding off both acquisitions until my research is complete.

I am thinking of getting the Canon Vixia hv30 because it does not
require such a powerful computer and because there is a lot of editing
software available for it.

It is a Hi-Def mini DV camcorder, for transfer of footage to a laptop
will be via the Firewire(ilink) connection, *all* capture software will
grab the content. Also ensure you purchase a laptop with a
firewire connection.
The USB connection is for transfering still shots from the SD card
and the HDMI connection is for connecting directly to a large screen
Hi-Def display.
Why chose that one, and where does it say it "does not require a
powerful computer"? And any footage captured via Firewire will
be recognised by all modern editing software, there is nothing special
about that model that I can discern from the review sites.
Video editing of any kind, but specifically Hi-Def material will be resource
intensive. There is nothing about that Canon that will make it easier.
Once you have recorded to tape, then the Canon's job is done.
It will be transfered to the computer as raw DV-AVI footage, the same
as from any brand of camcorder, there is no such thing as specific software
for a specific Canon camcorder. The comp will be dealing with recorded
footage not the canon.

Can you reccommend any specific makes of laptop?

No, a usenet group is the last place you should seek a recommendation.
We not only don't know your budget, but in usenet you deal with posters
who have no real experiance of hardware, they will only know what
they are posting their reply from, and like yourself, didn't do their
homework.
And you fail to grasp the basics, "Brand" names count for nothing.
All computers use a small coterie of hardware components, - motherboards,
processors, HDD capacity, etc etc. And video editing requires a top spec
laptop.
Your aim should be to get the best for your bucks.
You're a google grouper, so use google to do some homework. Try the
following
search terms in google and do some research:
Laptops for video editing
Top spec laptops
Choosing a laptop