Seeking advice for a wookiee video person...

I'm shooting alot of videos lately. Typically - they just sit in a folder when I transfer via usb to my dell laptop (sorry I don't have a Macbook pro quite yet!).

I know there is Windows Movie Maker and some other "free" junk out there.

I see Camtasia looks pretty fabulous - but I think all I need is something simple to basicaly do minor editing and then compressing and prepping to share via the internet in various ways with family and friends.

Would QuickTime Pro give me all I need or should l look at buying both QuickTime Pro AND Compressor 4?

(Assuming these are both available for Windows 7).

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

David Murphy