I swear by Vegas! Used in a lot of Indie productions - easy to learn and lot's "under the hood" I have some differentr videos on youtube - search for Östhammar and you'll see a few. Vegas has a very low learning curve - you easilly drop files files from the exploerer onto the track(s) drop in audio tracks, shift stuff around without hassel then render out to desired format dpending on usage = DVD, CD, Web etc ..... You can download a trial version and test it for 30 days here;
www.sonymediasoftware.com/download/step2.asp?DID=698
Let me know if you have any questions ....... Have fun !
//Gaz