Spec me the uber video machine.

[blue]

So I have a friend going to Austria to spend a year as a freelance journalist, and she needs a killer video editing compy. I'm fairly knowledgeable when it comes to tech stuff, but I know relatively little when it comes to video editing, so I'm not sure exactly what she'll need. Lots of storage (dual RAID 250gb?), processing power, plenty of RAM...what about a capture board? Will an All-In-Wonder do that? SPEC IT!

Also, if you've got a complete machine to suggest, it would be awesome...I'm sort of begrudgingly building this beastie.

[bjanga]

Uhh, not sure on this, but I think some of the newer ATi cards can do the video processing instead of the processor.

go to www.notebookforums.com and try asking there

[binary visions]

Freelance journalist? I'd venture to suggest mirrored 320gb drives, or even 400gb drives. If she ever does any HD video, even that will get eaten up very quickly.

Gotta have a budget in order to help you, though.

[SkaredShtles]

Is this a desktop type machine?

[blue]

3$k, desktop.