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Cheno wrote on 2/28/2008, 1:53 PM
Using a MacBook Pro Core Duo. Isn't near as fast by today's standards but solid and not bad for HDV editing at all. It's not a desktop by any means but if you're looking for a desktop replacement, I've had great luck with the Apple products, HP and Sager.

Cheno
FrigidNDEditing wrote on 2/28/2008, 2:02 PM
2.8mhz would be awfully slow :P (sorry couldn't resist).

I'd suggest 1.8 Ghz or faster ( I've done it on my HP DV9000 with a core2duo 1.83 Ghz and it does alright, however it's certainly easier on my Core2Quad in my office.

Dave
BrianAK wrote on 2/28/2008, 2:14 PM
I have a Dell 9400 with an Intel T2300 Dual @ 1.66 GHz and it works great. Note I have been capturing mt2 files from FX1 using Cineform.
Bill Ravens wrote on 2/28/2008, 3:01 PM
Dell Inspiron E1705
Dual 2.16 Ghz, 2 Gb RAM

works pretty well, m2t playback a wee bit jerky, esp. in 32 FP mode.
johnmeyer wrote on 2/28/2008, 4:01 PM
I edit on a 5.5 year-old 2.8 GHz single thread, single CPU, single core desktop, and it works fine (although the renders are slow). I also edit on an old Dell laptop. I just looked up the specs on the Dell site: Pentium M Dothan, 2.0GHZ, 2 MEGB. This is actually faster than my 2.8 GHz desktop, because it is multi-threading. I consider this my "new" computer even though I bought it back in November 2005.
kkolbo wrote on 2/28/2008, 4:51 PM

When mobile I use an HP with an AMD Turion X2 64 TL-58 which is 1.96GHZ. Even though I am using the system drive for all the storage, HDV is not any trouble at all. I miss the multiple monitors and those kind of desktop features, but I get the job done.
Cheno wrote on 2/28/2008, 4:58 PM
As far as off-the-shelf laptops, I really, really was impressed with the HP I had. I've had Sager and Nobilis custom builds, but for the price and performance, that HP was a great machine. With the Matrox Triple Head-to-go interface, you could run just laptop or laptop to external monitors. Pretty sweet if you don't wanna make the investment for both laptop and desktop but want dual (or more) monitors.

cheno
DJPadre wrote on 2/28/2008, 5:46 PM
works fine here, dore 2 duo 1.73, 1gb ram using USB drives

In fat tis what my wife suses when she drafts and culls the jobs before i move them to this machine for finishing.

using V7 mostly and V8 for MPG cuts only jobs
kairosmatt wrote on 2/28/2008, 5:49 PM
We use a newish Sager, very good, large screen, but not very cheap!
johnmeyer wrote on 2/28/2008, 6:42 PM
If you are asking what laptop to get, I am VERY partial to Fujitsu laptops and have purchased two of them for other people (my kids) in the past year.