I'd like to know what hardware I will need to set up a basic video editing suite. So far I have the following:

• Sony mini DV camcorder
  Laptop running windows XP with free USB 2.0 plugs (no firewire, but could get firewire PCI card.
  Jessops wide lens

So far I think I need:

• External hard drive (USB 2.0)
  DVD RW
  Tripod
  Some decent softwere
  A mic

Am I missing anything from these lists?

Thanks,
Jim

How much RAM and built in hard drive space have you got?

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you mean pcmcia, right? Laptops don't have pci slots.

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AMD Athlon 1700 (@2200mhz from 1466 sod the noise!) - 768mb pc3200 - 200GB Maxtor - Pioneer 106 - GF4 Ti4200 - twinhan/visionplus pci dvb-t - random pci analogue tv tuner - A7v600-x (to replace the a7n8x-d that died...) - random 17\" CRT
Sony STR-DE425 & Eltax c205s;
xBox w/20GB HDD- executer 2.3b;
xBox - standard;
Konica/Minolta dimage z10 w/2x512mb SD;
iRiver h340;
A silly amount of Cat-5 and usb cables

448MB Ram and 30.3GB free hard disk space

thats the one

Is this enough?

yep, that should be fairly comfy. you'll want more space for storing stuff, but with 30GB you should be able to edit an hour or so at a time, with room to spare for temporary stuff.

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AMD Athlon 1700 (@2200mhz from 1466 sod the noise!) - 768mb pc3200 - 200GB Maxtor - Pioneer 106 - GF4 Ti4200 - twinhan/visionplus pci dvb-t - random pci analogue tv tuner - A7v600-x (to replace the a7n8x-d that died...) - random 17\" CRT
Sony STR-DE425 & Eltax c205s;
xBox w/20GB HDD- executer 2.3b;
xBox - standard;
Konica/Minolta dimage z10 w/2x512mb SD;
iRiver h340;
A silly amount of Cat-5 and usb cables

Thanks for ya help