Vegas on Tablet?

PeterWright wrote on 12/17/2013, 2:54 AM
I'm off to China for a few weeks late January, and thought it may be time to join the tablet generation. I'm mainly after Internet and email. but I'll be taking a couple of mini HD cameras (Go Pro, AS15), so it would be good to be able to do an occasional edit.

As the Microsoft surface uses Windows8, can one assume it will run Vegas?

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 12/17/2013, 7:27 AM
Does this tablet meet the minimal specs at the bottom of this page?
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/vegaspro

I suppose it wouldn't hurt to download the free trial and give it a try.

But generally tablets aren't really built for this kind of intensive computer work.
farss wrote on 12/17/2013, 7:37 AM
I'd say the latest M$ Surface Pro should be fine, it's got a fair amount of grunt and isn't really the same as a traditional tablet. I think it's also thicker and heavier.

Bob.
TheHappyFriar wrote on 12/17/2013, 8:13 AM
It would have to be a pro, the non-pro doesn't run non-app store programs.

In theory, the only thing you'll have an issue with is screen space. The new pro is a 1920x1080 res tablet, so it's pretty good for your Vegas timeline & tools. Get the keyboard (not much more) and you don't need to waste screen space for typing, if you don't want to.

MS compares it to a Macbook Air on their site, so the Pro seems to be aimed at a tablet style alternative for a laptop.
Terje wrote on 12/17/2013, 8:56 AM
I run Vegas on the Microsoft Surface Pro 2. It works very well. I would strongly recommend getting one of the two top-end models with 8G of memory and a large-ish SSD. I would also recommend the Type (not Touch) cover and a bluetooth mouse.

If you are doing a lot of editing you'll need an external drive, just make sure you get one with a USB-3 interface, it's quite a bit faster. You could also just put an micro-SDHC card in the micro-SDHC slot and use that as a harddrive. I don't think it'd be very fast though.

Honestly, to me, the Microsoft Surface Pro is the best laptop I have ever owned. It runs Vegas, Lightroom, Photoshop, Premiere and on and on, no issues whatsoever.

A lot of the competing tablets, for example Lenovo etc, run Atom CPUs for their "Pro" offering. That's fine for most people, and they will also run full Windows, but I wouldn't want to edit on an Atom CPU. The Surface Pro 2 uses an Intel i5 Haswell, giving you some eight hours or so of battery when working constantly.
Barry W. Hull wrote on 12/17/2013, 12:13 PM
Have fun on your trip to China.
MemoriesFX wrote on 12/17/2013, 10:33 PM
Terje are you using the 8GB model or the 4GB. I am planning to buy one soon and was not sure if I should spend the extra cash for the 8GB model. I did buy the original Surface Pro but returned it because of the short battery life.

Steve
Terje wrote on 12/18/2013, 6:37 PM
I'm using the 8G one and would not consider the 4G one unless your computing needs are quite modest.
MemoriesFX wrote on 12/20/2013, 4:59 PM
Thanks. Are you using any plugins like New Blue?
dk101 wrote on 12/24/2013, 10:37 AM
i tried running vegas on my lenovo helix and it works just fine but then it would, helix has an i7. it isn't as good as my "proper" pc but it works well.

the bottom line is - "tablet" is fine as long as it is a laptop in disguise :)
HaroldC wrote on 1/1/2014, 5:44 AM
As far as tablet use with Vegas there are other alternatives provided the videos are smaller. Use the cloud. Upload the video to a cloud service and use a service such as Go To PC and edit the video on your home desktop from your tablet after downloading the video to the local hd.
Terje wrote on 1/8/2014, 11:54 AM
>> Use the cloud

This is a good idea if you have the opportunity. He's off to China though, and depending on where he is, internet connections can be from very good down to almost unusable. Uploading hundreds of megs to the cloud may or may not be an alternative.

If the trip is a little ways away, the new Panasonic tablet might be the perfect video and photo editing device:

Check out the new Panasonic 20" tablet with 4K resolution and a pressure sensitive pen.

Think about it. 4K resolution. A pressure sensitive pen with loads of pressure levels. A powerful CPU (I7). I would maybe wait until they release one with a Haswell CPU, but maybe not. On a 4K 20" display I don't think the CPU will be the main drain on the battery.