For freeware web dev tools, I use a combination of Nvu, PSPad, Tidy and
FileZilla.
If it's for editing your own web pages, that's a pretty formidable
setup. But for maintaining a commercial site, it's hard to beat DW.
Depends on what the OP wants to do. You *can* move everything in your
house from NY to Calif. with a VW bug, but it makes more sense to
spend the money to hire a moving van and keep the bug for moving
groceries from the store to the house.