I bought this to go with my cheap Sony camcorder as my PC didn't have firewire. At around 6 pounds, it is very cheap. If you have installed PC cards before, then this should be straightforward. Vista recognised this immediately and I plugged it into my camcorder and, hey presto, Moviemaker sprang into action. Fortunately, it also came with a firewire cable because Sony did not supply any cables when I bought the camcorder. In summary, great PC card to get you up, running and editing your videos in no time.