Okay, I'm a current Dell owner (4 yrs now). The corporation i work for exclusively uses dell products, so i got it through dell's employee purchase program. But I've gotten into video editing, lots of music, and need a computer (the one I have is pretty basic) that can handle pretty much everything except for gaming or business use. I am trying to find the best I can buy for $1500. I've had problems with my dell, cd-rom gone out, hard drive crashed TWICE. But it was under 3 yr. warranty and replaced each time, luckily. Is another dell good for me, what about Gateway, and would emachines be able to handle fairly extensive video/multimedia? Any help would be greatly appreciated and hopefully could relieve this headache I have over which to order!!

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