Well I was going to add my two cents in here regarding Adobe Premiere 5.1a (my currently owned version) but since you've all got it under wraps...I'll save my money..haha. Just so you know though..if you're not planing on being serious with your avi's I wouldn't go with Premiere..it set me back $457 personally. So you might want to think about what you actually will use the software for in the future and that might help in deciding what you need best. PAN~