My previous experience with the Flip has mostly been plugging it into a $399 Windows Vista laptop.
Currently one of the two machines is in working order and I tried to use it with my Flip HD camcorder to share a little video of one of his daughters. He considers himself to be incapable of administering computers, so he purchased two iMacs and makes periodic trips back to the Apple store whenever data have been lost. I’m staying at a cousin’s house in Oakland, California.