I hesitated after reading the reviews on this .. but honestly I was pleasantly surprised. Although the product is rather "cheap" in its construction but sufficiently "stable" for what to do. installing mac on software takes a minute and not even making a recording is easy. the recording quality is as good as the cassette. by cons must listen to all the tapes A to Z lol .... and attention to interference with cell ... that unpleasant noise is too ... so save your laptop away from the camera if you register.