[youngy]

just bought a macbook

looking at doing some video editting an wondering if anyone has any suggestions on progammes to use and where i can download them
cant be bothered payin full whack for them
also while im askin a copy of office or iworks would be good

[lagerstarfish]

ummm... just a guess, but....  final cut pro, any torrent site 

[benpritch]

try neo office

http://download.openoffice.org/

it's free.

latest version of imovie (bundled with your os) will be fine for someone starting out in editing.

[youngy]

thanks for the open office

but as for imovie
im after something more technical, only certain movie files can be edited on it.

[benpritch]

mpeg streamclip wil convert most movie files to a useful codec and it is free.