My hubby won a flip mineo non-HD in a sales incentive at work. Takes decent video. But honestly my 10yo son uses it the most. My Canon Powershot Sd camera takes similar quailty - so I don't bother- big difference is the flip can record longer videos, which my son likes. He and his friends make lego star wars movies.
Uploading to computer is easy. My only complaint is the direct to computer USB end (a male connection). On our home Mac the USB ports are on the back of the screen, and hard to get to. On my laptop they are configured in such as way that the flip cannot be plugged in unless the laptop is hanging over the edge of a table. I keep meaning to buy a female to male adapter cord.