I have to agree with video

I have to agree with video-maniac in that PCs have made some great strides to be deemed worthy of a professional machine. However, if I had the ability to get a whole new system, I would love to work with FCP and try out using it on a mac.

I too have heard nothing but bad things about pinnacles latest offerings. As one other alternative, try looking at Sony Vegas. I used to use Adobe Premiere 6.5 and decided to move to Vegas instead of upgrading to the PPro 2. I have honestly have had no problems with Vegas.