What is wrong with you guys? There is only one real option when it comes to editing and that is AVID! Avid is the industry standard and is loved by editing professionals the world over, and there is a reason for this... it is solid. You know where you are with it. Ok the others may do ok but nothing stands up better on massive complicated jobs better than avid. Avid begain its life way out of reach of the average person and probably average company unless they beta tested it. But it was the first ( - if you forget media100) and it's come a long way... Long gone are the days when avid ran at AVR20, had 20gig hard drive space and cost £80k! These days you can download a free version from their website. I would highly recommend anyone reading this to at least expore Avid before learning the ins and out of premiere or even worst final cut pro. Death to the MAC! lol!