Ah yes, videos will definitely eat up a hard drive. I don't keep video on my comps, I always end up making a "DVD" of it. That worked better when I had a Mac (it was very easy to put together home DVDs) and not a tower. I'm not a huge Mac fan. I give my boss heck for being an iSheep. However, if I was going to be working with a lot of media, I'd probably go with a Mac.
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