i do a lot of audio video editing and i gotta tell you, my macky is awesome for it. hardcore computer geeks dump on macs all the time but i've tried video editing on pcs and it was clunky and complicated. i used final cut pro on the mac and it was much smoother, much more intuitive. for some reason editing software for pcs sucks but it works great on macs. it proly has something to do with the fact that windows is a lot more open than osx when it comes to upgrades and software. macs are pretty standard so you can optimize the program so it runs increadibly smooth.