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Laptop for field editing
I have Vegas 9 and a Sony EX1R. Could you please suggest specs for an ideal field edit laptop as well as a desktop spec as i want to upgrade hardware. I did attempt to change to Mac and FCP but have gone back to a tried and trusted Vegas which i have used for 15 years
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Depends on whether you need something truly portable or not. I am running a newer Samsung with i5, 6 GBs RAM, 500 GBs hard disk, 15″ monitor, eSata output, etc. Something with those specs is my minimum for HD editing. It’s heavier than I prefer, but it cost me less than $900 in May. HP has some nice laptops that are much more expensive but very powerful, and some that are in that same price range. Dell has some nice ones too. I don’t love HP as they load up with crapware, and I not wild about some of their keyboards (personal prefs). Dell seems to be fine for me, but others don’t like it, it seems. I really like the Thinkpads, but they are pricier. I am not wild about the monitor on this Samsung, but it gets the job done. The keyboard layout takes some getting used to, as it has a numeric pad, which I prefer. I liked the eSata port.
If you are in the area of a Best Buy or something like that, you can put your hands on some of these.
Hope this helps.
Alf
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I have been using an HP dv9543cl laptop… 500meg video card.. 4 gig of ram. 2 internal 500 gig 7200 rpm hard drives..I dual boot snow leopard with FCP on one and Windows 7 64 pro (loaded from scratch) with Vegas Pro 9 on the other drive.. With macdrive I can utilize the other internal drive and still hook up something external… Works pretty good as long as you understand that laptops will always have their limitations.. But the dual internal drives & portability help pull it off..
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