Kommentare

Coursedesign schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 04:38 Uhr
Glossy screens are great for shaving, doing makeup, squeezing pimples, seeing who's coming up behind you, etc.

Basically everything except seeing what's on the screen without distractions.
NickHope schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 05:43 Uhr
Can you still fit 2 x internal hard drives in the 17" Dells (by swapping out the DVD/CD drive)? I'm pretty desperate to get away from an external data hard drive on my next laptop.
MH_Stevens schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 11:43 Uhr
I was considering the Costco laptop noted by Eileen. What is the problem/deal with glossy screens? I have not come across them before.
Michael
RalphM schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 13:09 Uhr
FWIW: My daughter's MacBook Pro has been happily chugging away at college for a year now, and I have actually seen here sleeping with it. (It gets a lot of use) No problems to date.

When it was purchased, she had the choice of a glossy or matte screen. Apple's literature claimed the glossy was desirable if the best color rendition was important. (don't shoot me - I'm just relating a statement)

I've got a low end HP with 15.4 inch screen (glossy) and I can usually orient myself and the screen angle to minimize reflections, but they can be a problem. Runs V6 just fine.

Whatever you do, get at least a 5400 rpm dirve. The 4000 rpm unit that came in the HP can be maddening.

RalphM
deusx schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 13:24 Uhr
You can alway eliminate reflections, by using a laptop under proper lighting ( I see absolutelly no reflection even with lights on right now ), but there is nothing you can do about crap color accuracy with matte screens.

So the choice should be obvious.
UlfLaursen schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 14:37 Uhr
I use a Dell latitude D820

with dualcore 2 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 100 GB 5400 rpm and it runs ok with external drive.

/Ulf
Coursedesign schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 15:05 Uhr
crap color accuracy with matte screens

So you're saying that we should throw away our carefully calibrated professional non-glare monitors and replace them with the newly popular glossy LCDs that have started popping up on low end laptops everywhere?

I'm yet to see one single glossy screen at any price that matches the color rendition of any matte screen that I use.

And that's with much time spent on accommodating ambient light sources: desk lights, windows, ceiling lights.

Sorry.
Tinle schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 16:25 Uhr
A laptop should be freely mobile, functioning well under a range of situations I can't predict or control. The glossy screen of my HP has been a real annoyance in use "on the road".
DataMeister schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 20:59 Uhr
Well, if you aren't limited to much with price, you could try one of the 1 Beyond laptops
http://www.1beyond.com/products/laptops.asp?search=laptops

They come with a RAID 0 drive and are pretty much designed around editing. Not cheap though.

Personaly I'm a bit fond of the Asus laptops. I bought one last fall which works pretty good on both video capture and editing as long as you don't have more raw footage than storage space. It's dual core Intel, 2GB RAM, 5400rpm drive.


MH_Stevens schrieb am 23.08.2007 um 22:06 Uhr
I went to Costco and tried out the HP9453cl Eileen liked and I agree for the price nothing else comes close. I ordered one today (cheaper by about $160 at costco.com). Also I thought the screen was fine. Even with all the big overhead flood lights in Costco, while you did see the reflections, they did not wash out the screen. In a car, a field tent or under the shade of a spreading Chestnut tree (which is where I will be) I think it will be just fine. Dual Core 7300 with 2GB and two 5400 drives and DL light-scribe. Major weakness for me is no DVI or HDMI out but for $1437 taxed and delivered I think I will be happy.
MH_Stevens schrieb am 28.08.2007 um 01:35 Uhr
Correction:
It DOES have HDMI out and........

now discounted price is available in Costco stores.


deusx schrieb am 28.08.2007 um 09:51 Uhr
>>>So you're saying that we should throw away our carefully calibrated professional non-glare monitors and replace them with the newly popular glossy LCDs that have started popping up on low end laptops everywhere?<<<

We are talking about laptops. There is no such thing as a carefully calibrated professional non-glare monitor on any laptop. Choice is matte or glossy, some laptops are better, some worse, but none of them are professional in any way. Glossy ones happen to be more accurate.

I'd go as far as saying unless you are still using CRT, you can't claim color accuracy of any kind unless you can keep your head perfectly still and at an exact required angle at all times. Even then, color on the side of a 17" monitor will look different than the same color in the middle. There is no way around it. It's good enough on a good screen, but accurate, no.