I've decided it's time to upgrade my 9-year-old Toshiba laptop (with ii5 processor) to one with faster rendering. Have been using MSP16 with it. Any suggestions for a current 14” laptop to make YouTube and Instagram videos with Vegas Edit 20? Most of them will probably be in the 30 second to 5 minute range. Willing to spend up to $1,500.
Thanks,
Ralph
Big topic with lots of opinions. 14" seems small to me, but that's my "eyes". Anyway, start by looking at the requirements for Vegas Video below and then apply those (or better) to a new computer that has the features you want and the price range you can afford. You can't "future proof" the technology or laptop, but you may get more use out of it for a bit longer.
Mike
Recommended for HD
Operating system
Microsoft® Windows 10 | 11
CPU
6th Generation Intel Core i5 (or AMD equivalent) or better with 2.5 Ghz and 4 Cores
GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX or GTX 9XX series or higher with 4GB
AMD/ATI® Radeon with 4GB and VCE 3.0 or higher (Radeon Pro series with 8GB for HDR and 32 bit projects)
Intel® GPU HD Graphics 530 series or higher
RAM
16GB
Hard drive
1.5GB hard-disk space for program installation
Recommended for 4K
Operating system
Microsoft® Windows 10 | 11
CPU
7th Generation Intel Core i7 (or AMD equivalent) or better with 3.0 Ghz and 8 Cores
GPU
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX or GTX 9XX series or higher with 4GB (8GB RTX series recommended for 8K)
AMD/ATI® Radeon with 4GB and VCE 3.0 or higher (Radeon Pro series with 8GB for HDR and 32 bit projects)
Intel® GPU HD Graphics 630 series or higher
RAM
32GB
Hard drive
1.5GB space for program installation, solid-state disk (SSD) for media files.
Recommended for AI
Operating system
Microsoft® Windows 10 | 11
CPU
10 th Generation Intel Core i7 (or AMD equivalent) or newer
GPU
20xx GeForce RTX series NVIDIA or 5xxx Radeon RX AMD or newer
RAM
32 GB
I absolutely LOVE my Asus Zenbook Pro Duo, it has 2 screens, so I can put my timeline down on the bottom screen and get a full screen HDR preview on the top 4K OLED screen. Perfect for color grading.
It also comes with a stylus, so I use it to draw in photoshop, in Lightroom, you can put all the images in the project you're working on on the second screen, so you can easily import multiple photos, edit them on the top screen, then use the bottom touch screen (both are touch) to easily select the next photo you want to work on. I also use it in Resolume to put my Advanced output menu on the bottom screen when I'm projection mapping, so I can keep the resolume menu on the top and still trigger clips and effects with it. Or sometimes I just use it to watch TV/youtube while working on the top screen.
Also, the mouse trackpad turns into an illuminated num pad at the press of a button.