Laptop Selection

YvoYvo wrote on 7/21/2005, 8:10 AM

Hello,

I've looked at various options for a laptop... lots available out there!!Considering a Dell Inspiron 9300 series: Pentium M 760, 17 in. monitor / 100GB 5400RPM HD / 2GB Memory and more features. Couple of questions: Brandwise any recommendations...one that stands out over others? ( HP / Sony / Dell / Etc. ) and regarding video/graphic card minimum specs to consider: 128MB or 256MB.. will not be using the unit for video games.... video editing only, but producing projects with multi tracks and layers.

Thanks anyone!

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GlennChan wrote on 7/21/2005, 10:56 AM

If you're looking for a really high end laptop, check out the sager laptops being sold through http://www.powernotebooks.com/

They have options for high-performance parts like dual internal hard drives (up to 7200rpm), large high resolution monitors, fast processors, fast video cards, etc.

2- For bang for you buck, look out for the $750 off $1500 Inspiron deal from Dell. Dell upgrades are typically overpriced, so look at installing your own upgrades like memory (crucial.com would be easy because they have a memory finder, although newegg.com may be a little cheaper).

3- I don't know of any people who use one, but an AMD64-based laptop might be really good for Vegas? In rendertest.veg, they run neck to neck with Pentiums while they have lower power consumption. Not everyone makes these laptops though (eMachines is one manufacturer that does). The XP-M processor should be a lot slower than AMD64, so avoid that.

p@mast3rs wrote on 7/21/2005, 11:04 AM

Gateway also makes A64 laptops. I saw one on HSN earlier that was stocked big time. Plus you get to break your payments down to $239 x5. Maybe worth checking it out.

Tattoo wrote on 7/21/2005, 12:47 PM

HP / Compaq also makes A64 laptops. They also make some with the Turion chip, which I believe is the low-power (i.e. laptop) version of the A64. Haven't seen any benchmarks for video on the Turion, though.

YvoYvo wrote on 7/22/2005, 1:44 PM

Thanks for the link to powernotebooks.com got some good information and very competitive price for a totally stacked up machine. Got one more question. Looking down the road at editing HDV on a laptop machine, will a notebook require faster CPU, need more memory and faster hard drive? Anyone editing HD using Vegas on laptop?

yvoyvo

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 7/22/2005, 4:24 PM

Spot is - he should have some input, but if you're gonna do HD on a laptop, I'd look into gearshift so that you can work on the proxy files on your laptop, then just "shift gears" and render with the HD footage.

Dave