I'm going into college next year (younger than you might have thought, huh?) and am in the market for a laptop computer. Basically I just want a computer that will take care of all the basic stuff, and also be a good machine for video editing. My dad and I have done the research and pretty much decided on this one.

Since it's going to be my computer for a long time to come, we want to get a top-of-the line machine. And I really want to stick with Windows, although I know many would recommend an Apple. I'm also going to be getting a digital camera, and have way too many options for that. Not only will I be editing existing multimedia, I will also be doing quite a bit of filming of my own. I'd prefer to use tapes over the DVDs, but is there really that much of a difference? Any advice in that area as well would be greatly appreciated; I figured you guys would be good people to ask.

Thanks,
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