Digital Camcorder Selection !?!?

[Masterman]

I really do not know to much about digital camcorders but i want one, i would be using it to video tape me and my freinds and i want good picture quality. Does anybody have any recomendations, and also which format should i get , the mini-DV disks, or a HI-8 digital camcorder? which would be easiest to put on the computer and edit, and also what do i need to get that onto the computer, can someone help me out.