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laptop recommendation
hi all
laptops have never been my thing in the past but is there a laptop out there that will run production suite
do they come with more than one hard drive or do you use external drives
are they good for doing dvd authoring
i would like to purchase one so i can mainly do my dvd authoring and photoshop work and if possible editing
i am just running one pc at the moment and when i have to say transcode there go’s 5hours or would it be best to build a pc just for authoring and buy a cheap laptop just for the net save room
on more thing can i link my editing machine to another machine so i can take footage straight off my editing pc and use it to do dvd’s on the authoring pc and when the machine is copyig would i be able to use my editing pc
if that made any sense it confused nowthanks
Robert
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7 Replies
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I use laptops and they are fine, you can use firewire, USB2, some have 2 drives or some of the new ones come with a slot a SATA drive card can be plugged in, I was just going to update my laptop when Intel announced that they are coming out with new Dual Core processors( Core Duo 2) that have large speed increases over current dual cores for close to the same prices, so I’m going to wait a few weeks and see how the new pricing falls.
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so running production suite wont be a problem and using external HDD
what about brands whats good Dell ,Hp, acer ,etc i see dell has the 9400 seems good
what are the recommendations for laptopsrob
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didnt realise someone else had a post for laptops
one question when is the core duo2 coming out -
I don’t understand the fascination of editing on a laptop. They’re fine for word processing, data management, the Web and to play a game or watch a DVD but what kind of serious editing are you really going to do with one. Unless you had a job where you had to edit in your hotel room while travelling, I don’t get it basing a good editing workstation around one.
Even on my dual core Intel PC (with a huge amount of RAM and a SATA RAID), a 24″ wide screen monitor, an NTSC monitor I could use more when I’m running PP2, AE and Photoshop, or just PP2 with the titler, scopes or mixer.
I know it’s cool to edit on a laptop, but also consider a small miniPC or mini motherboard system fast enough to cut DV (no external drives needed).
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>one question when is the core duo2 coming out?< The high end ones are hitting the market already, Laptop makers like Dell should have models pretty soon, I'm glad I procrastinated on getting a new one, I feel sorry for the Mac people who waited a long time for Apple to get a new higher powered laptop out and just bought the new Mactels and they are second best again.
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I really get a kick out of your comment that you feel sorry for people that purchased Mactels cause there are secons best again . I would love to see how you make your purchase decisions, is it base on just speed? Did you think that maybe people want to use FCP? I bet you feel sorry for people that purchased a Chevy instead of a Ford also
Happy editing or what ever you do
Tom
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[tom] “I bet you feel sorry for people that purchased a Chevy instead of a Ford also”
Just the ones who recently bought 2005 models and found out the 2006 models are on sale for the same price.
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