Use the 80GB drive for your OS, apps and other files and get a larger drive for just video editing. Install your editor onto the 80GB drive and in the app settings select the other 'larger' drive to capture your video to. If you want to purchase the latest version of Sony Vegas then go ahead and buy a hard disk camcorder but personally I wouldn't go near them.

A mini dv camcorder will give you much better picture quality to start with and that's what you want. One hour of video captured from a mini dv camcorder/deck will take up around 13GB's on a hard disk, so an 80GB drive won't take long to fill up. Make sure your new computer has 2 SATA connectors and that's all you need.

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