What's your final cut set-up lile?

hello, i was wondering what people's editing set-ups were like. i am trying to get more into editing and curious to know what people have to get their work done.
i have a mac pro (2.66, 7300gt), 24in dell monitor, and a couple phillips speakers, along with fcs2 and cs3. i'm a recent grad so i've only done school projects and it worked great. i do eventually want to improve and stuff but i don't have a big budget. is this set-up usually pretty good for a lot of things? is there equipment that you must have with an editing system?
thx

The other question to ask yourself...
What kind of jobs am I going to take? Am I going to have to say NO to HD gigs? Will I say yes to DVCPROHD and NO to HDV?
Am I going to be doing broadcast or distrobution jobs where I'll need to make sure chroma/luma is calibrated correctly?
Are you going to wait until you NEED something before you buy?
For now you need:
CPU
Software (and manuals)
Deck
Storage solution
Speakers (sorry, I always use headphones - I'm the only one)
External Monitor - Anything from $100 bestbuy close-out to a $5000+ HD monitor.
Oh... and I'd invest in a good microphone too - you WILL find you need to do a VO for SOMETHING!!!
Good luck, let us know when you make your first million! I'm just starting my 3rd... but I lost the other two somewhere.
CaptM

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