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Buying a lap top – Dell XPS 16 and adobe CS4
Hi guys, I need your advice. I’m about to by a new laptop. I’m a motion graphic artist and I mostly use after effects, premiere and photoshop. I am sick of rendering error messages and I am looking for a strong machine that can handle heavy graphics and HD footage editing. It also has to be compatible for high resolution – I want to plug it into a separate screen that can go to 1680×1050 (and potentially more).
So far I was happy with dell. I was thinking of buying the XPS16
https://www1.euro.dell.com/uk/en/home/Laptops/laptop-studio-xps-16/pd.aspx?refid=laptop-studio-xps-16&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1
Would you go for the Core i7 mobile processor version?
Do you think that a serial drive would be fast and reliable enough?
Does any of the features they mention seem unnecessary or alternatively – need an upgrade? Which features are most important with After Effects and Premiere?
I was hoping not to go over £1000.Thanks,
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For AE, max out your RAM and processor speed. Hard drive is secondary, graphics card is barely relevant.
You should post on the Premiere forum regarding the hard drive.
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I see you are running CS4 — if you are thinking about upgrading to CS5, make sure to get a 64-bit edition of Windows on your new machine.
I agree with Steve. RAM is your first priority, then CPU, then hard drive. I don’t know how easy it will be to find a laptop with an i7 and 8 GB of RAM near £1000.
Does it have to be a laptop? You can get a more powerful, more expandable desktop for less money.
Walter Soyka
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Thank you all for the advice.
I’m afraid it does have to be a laptop. I do most of my work when I’m not home. Seems like I might have to stick to a laptop and add an extra 200 for a bigger RAM.
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