avchd

Hi, My query is simple: Do I need more RAM? I have recently started working on video editing of home videos. I have 200GB of Data* which needs to be rendered/re encoded into different formats. More precisely; mainly creating HD quality DVDs, then MPEG-4 videos for future Blu Ray...

My Sony Handycam is capable of recording HD video, but in AVCHD format. This is a waste (to me) because it doesn't play well on my Dell laptop (Windows media player / Media player classic). I don't have software to edit the video either. The professional softwares are extremely expensive to buy...