System 1: Compaq Athlon 1600, Win XP SP2, 512 RAM, nVidia on-board graphics w/shared system memory, Maxtor 80gig IDE, Maxtor 120gig IDE, LiteOn external 12x DVD burner, Sony 17″ CRT monitor – Studio 9 Plus

System 2: ASUS P5AD2 Premium mobo, P4 3.2 HT, Win XP PRO SP2, 1 GIG DDR2 533, WD 120gig SATA, WD 160gig SATA, nVidia geForce 6600 256MB PCI-Express, Sony 16X DualLayer DVD-RW, Sony 16X DVD-ROM, Sony TRV-18 DV camcorder, Planar PE191-BK 19″ LCD monitor, Studio 9 Plus 9.4.2 (would like upgrade to LE 6.x in 2005 but considering AVID, Premiere Pro, etc), as long as it’s stable….)