Originally Posted by Jess Wunman  - Is this system adequate for beginning my multimedia journey?
- Are there components that I need to change, or add?
- The system has a firewire port. Do I need to add a firewire card?
- Will I need a peripheral to connect my VHS player to the computer?
- Would it be good to establish a seperate forum for newbie stuff?
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1 - You have a pretty nice system set up which looks like it would be up to the task of what you are talking about. Bear in mind I currently use the Adobe CS3 Master Suite on a Vista Laptop running on 2GB RAM with a 2.88GHz duo core processor
2 - Again, in my opinion your new system is very nice for what you are talking about and quite a bit into the future.
3 - If the PC came with a firewire port then you do not need to add another firewire card
unless you want more firewire ports, e.g. adding external hard drives etc.
4 - I connect my VHS player to my desktop via an S-video socket, although you can get a multitude of different cables from many websites which do the same job.
5 - Good idea! A kind of newbie FAQ :P
Hope this helps!