i'm buying a new comp and would appreciate some suggestions. If i list what i want to do with the new computer could someone make a suggestion as to what i should be looking at. I just bought a new digital camera and would like to do some light pic and video editing, storing the pics on the HD. would like to burn the digital video to dvd and also have 8mm video cassets i would like to transfer to dvd. I will not be playing video games but would like to be able to get all online content in a faster manner than i am presently ( i currently am using a hp Pavillion-400mhz, 6 gig hd , 127ram, win98se:oops: ). I also will be using it to download music and video to an i-pod.

I've been trying to read and educate myself but there is just so much out there that I'm really not sure of how much memory i need ,graphics card,hd size, etc. Should i go with a dual core processor. I've been told to get a pci video card(?) and any where from 512 to 2gig of ram. I have been on Tiger Direct and they have 2sony vaio's :
[url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/compare.asp?CatId=1876
HP has one i was looking at there also. I'm looking at staying as far under $1000 as possible. Advice from someone more knowledgeable would be greatly appreciated._