Mini DV camcorder or Disc camcorders, which is better?

Without any knowledge I purchased a SONY camcorder with Mini DV. Absolutely I am fine with it but all my friends and family members are criticising me telling it is outdated!

Except that it is a tedious process to transfer recordings to the computer or a CD/DVD I am happy with the image quality. Any advice please.

Also it has no USB connection facility, but it has a IEEE1394 or some such connection. Can I get any adapter to USB?

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