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  • Posted by Grady Knight on April 3, 2009 at 6:39 am

    I am getting ready to purchase a new PC laptop and need one with enough to run Premiere Pro and other CS4 programs on. I have heard that it will work ONLY with certain graphics cards but I do not know which.
    Mostly I will use Premiere Pro, Photoshop and Dreamweaver.
    I want to be able to do my video editing when I am away from the studio.
    What would be best and what will just get by?
    Thanks for your comments and help…

    Grady Knight replied 17 years, 1 month ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Lucas Windsor

    April 4, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    I would recommend looking at gaming laptops. They are always loaded with better graphics cards and the higher end processors. It really depends on how much money you are willing to spend.

    You can go with any vendor but you really wanna make sure to get enough RAM and the fastest processor you can afford. For around 2,700 bucks you could get a Dell Xps laptop that has the following hardware.

    2.6ghz Core Duo
    6GB Ram
    17 inch screen
    500GB HD
    NVIDIA® SLI™ Dual GeForce® 9800M GT with 1GB2 GDDR3 Memory

    You could get by with a bit less, but for me when I spend the money I want a system that will last a few years. You could step down the GPU and memory a bit and save some money.

  • Grady Knight

    April 4, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    Thanks, that gives me some to think about. I have guess I need to save a little more $$ before I get one.
    I’m with you, pay a little more now so it won’t be obsolete by the time it is delivered.

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