New Laptop... Will this work ok?

RevJonG wrote on 11/10/2006, 6:48 AM

I do all my Vegas work on a laptop. Fortune has shined on me and I was able to order the following:

Inspiron E1705,
Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7200 (4MB/2.00GHz/667MHz)
17 inch Wide-screen WXGA
2GB, DDR2, 533MHz 2 Dimm
256MB ATI MOBILITY RADEON X 1400 HyperMemory
80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive

I know it is not a "killer" desktop or laptop but I should see improved rendering time etc. over my old p4 2.8 HP laptop shouldn't I?

RevJonG

Comments

Cheno wrote on 11/10/2006, 7:58 AM

I think you'll be most pleasantly surprised at how nice this laptop will be.

There is a HD render test .veg file at the VASST site. I'd be interested in your render times.

Sounds like plenty of fun and fast editing ahead.

cheno

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 11/10/2006, 11:44 AM

aside from my disgust for DELL, that's a pretty smokin machine. You'll put me to shame.

Dave

winrockpost wrote on 11/10/2006, 2:44 PM

vegas likes two things ,,speed , and speed x2, should do just fine x2

RevJonG wrote on 11/10/2006, 4:52 PM

We have Dells at the school where I work. I am both a Pastor of a church and I supplement my income as a Part time asst. IT director for a school district. All our Dells there are a few years old and still work well. (I have never owned a new one before. Always HP or Sony for my personal laptops and I build my own desktop...)
Why don't you like Dell if I might ask?
Jon

FrigidNDEditing wrote on 11/10/2006, 11:04 PM

laptops have a tendency to have a problem with the power jack. Over about a 12-16 month stretch you start getting a "power supply not recognized" message that initially shorts your adapter and it will no longer charge, then the motherboard itself will eventually short out as well. You can get it fixed while it's under warranty free (and they'll be reluctant to accept that it's the Motherboard so you may have to go through a couple of adapters, but after the machine is out of warranty, then you just send it to a place (there are a few, or you can do it yourself if you're comfortable with soldering and tearing your laptop apart) that will actually fix it for you instead of just replacing the mother board as the manufacturer will do. The underlying problem is a very poor soldering job where the power jack is connected to the motherboard. The folks that fix them have commented on how incredibly poor the soldering job is on the ones they've seen. This is not a problem on ALL of them, it is only a potential problem, but one that none of my family members have been able to avoid. I've now sworn off Dell in all forms of laptops, and I too build desktops so I don't think I'll ever buy from Dell again.

If they fix the problem (magnetic connector, or just spend an extra 2 cents for the extra solder, I very well may buy Dell again. As it stands now though, I'm not willing to mess with it. HP has the same problem, but they have quick docks that allow charging via the docking station port. So that's the route I went, an extra 150 and I have a mini docking station that's very low profile and I just use the Laptop as a desktop running off to the side until I need to go out on the field or somewhere else.

Dave