So my parents came up today and we went to the Apple store in up here. We were going to go up to New Hampshire so that they could get it with no tax, but the store up there didn't have what we wanted in stock. In the end I think going to the Apple store was the best thing to do. It ment that my mom got to actually watch a demonstration of some video editing using iMovie. This was the big thing she's been wanting to do for ages. The sales people were pretty good, didn't try and oversell us on anything. They got the lower-end PowerMac G4, which I think will be more then enough for them, though I think we should upgrade the computer with a bit more memory then what it is in it.
I also (finally) got myself a printer and picked up a low end scanner that I can't wait to start playing with.