I have a passable but upgradable desktop video editing system (Athlon XP 1800+, AK35GTR, 512MB Non-ECC RAM, 3x Maxtor D740X 40GB, Radeon 7000, generic Firewire card from eBay...), exporting to CD, DV, and S-VHS. Since I'm just getting started, I decided not to spend too much money on components...