Ask xTian: Computer edition

Cha Cha is getting a new computer for his birthday from his grandparents, who want to Skype with him. His mother's computer is a 5 year old PowerBook G4 hand-me-down from his uncle. His mother hates it. It has no memory, slow processing speed, can't handle her iTunes nor her digital photos.

What should Cha Cha get? Here are the needs that this new computer should fulfill:

1. Skype
2. Some kind of video editing program, maybe. We have a video recorder with MiniDV tapes. Can anything be done with these things?

Woooo. Big list, eh? Being neither a Brooklyn hipster nor a fop in a bowtie, I don't know whether to get a Mac or a PC. Can I buy a computer from Costco? Is that just not done?