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My point was meant to be that you didn't need a Media Center PC to run Premiere, Windows Media Player or any other video editing program.

As a full-on nerd, I have always loathed Windows, so the PC alternative doesn't tempt me. I have a $3,000 PowerBook (1ghz with SuperDrive), and it's absolutely stunning, well worth the bucks.

Macs are for anyone who wants a better computing experience and is willing to pay a little extra to get it.

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Nice machine! Powerbooks have always been cutting edge. Certainly, a portable MacOS Powerbook has alot of horsepower.

Let me reassure you that WinTel is for the most nerdy of nerds. In fact, if you really believe in the "revenge of the nerds", one only need look as far as the origins of MSFT and Intel.

Real conservatives use WinTel.

Is it easier to rip a DVD or CD on a PC or Mac?

I was under the impression that the copy guard features on MacOS were tighter than on PC's. It sounds like you take issue with that. What is the feature you are describing on WinTel (are you referring to copy guard features under Windows Media Technology?)?

You can certainly produce excellent work using a PowerBook Mac and DV camera with IEEE-1394 (firewire) transfer capabilities.

Your Canon GL-1 and the Sony VX-1000 have similar capabilities. One positive is that the Canon GL-1 can change lenses. Have you used that feature much?

The Sony VX-1000 permits digital video capture at 720x480 pixels at 29.97fps. I think the VX-2000 matches.

These two cameras are the best cameras for the consumer market that Freepers can buy to match a digital video editing standard which we're discussing.

What is the video editing package you are using? Premiere?

I know that After Effects has an excellent package of digital effects to go with Premiere.

Most "pro" shops use Avid. I think Avid has both Mac and PC based solutions, but I am not a "pro" video editor.

How did you guys archive your digital videos on the web?

Independent servers on a fixed/static IP addy?