Bigpower

Can any body recommend a good, free editing suite for vid cameras? Don't want to pay anything if i can help it, but if there's any cheap ones, maybe.

Windows movie maker is pretty useful and comes with Windows Vista

Yep Window movie makers ticks the box with regards basics - but you really do need to cough up for a good one - I use Cyberlink Powerdirector 7 - costs about $59 but you need a powerful machine.