Looking at the Dell Inspiron I7548-7858SLV 4K laptop. Any thoughts?

[Tero Ahlfors]

What kind of GPU does it have?

[Steve Brame]

It’s got a few issues that would probably cause problems with editing.

1 – Max RAM – 16GB

2 – Single 5400rpm Hard Drive

3 – USB 2.0 only ( I’m amazed that this is even still implemented).

4 – Relatively low powered and unsupported GPU – AMD Radeon R7 M270. The M260 version IS supported, so the 270 will probably work.

The lack of output ports of any type other than USB 2.0 all but eliminates the ability to add a external media drive or RAID, and there is no mention of a 2nd HD bay inside.

Asus P6X58D Premium * Core i7 950 * 24GB RAM * nVidia GeForce GTX 770 * Windows 7 Premium 64bit * System Drive – WD Caviar Black 500GB * 2nd Drive(Pagefile, Previews) – WD Velociraptor 10K drive 600GB * Media Drive – 2TB RAID0 (4 – WD Caviar Black 500GB drive) * Matrox MX02 Mini * Adobe CC * QuickTime 7.7.5
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Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions

[Justin Hawley]

AMD

[Justin Hawley]

Thanks for your input, Steve. This actually has 2x USB 3.0 ports, and 1x USB 2.0 ports. I confirmed that in person at Best Buy yesterday.

Currently my laptop is 8 years old, a Sony VGN-FW235J, so while I can understand that the GPU and 16GB RAM may not be up to your standards, they are lightyears above what I’ve been editing HD on for nearly a decade. I should clarify that I don’t anticipate editing much 4K for clients, HD only.

Knowing that, what are your thoughts? I do understand the 5400 drive speed being a problem, but am I correct in saying that if I have my media on external 3.0 drives it should be acceptable?

I absolutely love the idea of a 4K screen. My eyesight is excellent, and I would rather have a higher resolution, smaller screen than a larger one. Just further info.

Also, any other laptops out there in the $1K – $1.3K mark that you would recommend over this?

Thanks for your input,
Justin.

[Steve Brame]

[Justin Hawley] “This actually has 2x USB 3.0 ports, and 1x USB 2.0 ports. I confirmed that in person at Best Buy yesterday. “

Sorry, I was going by their site entry for that model. Perhaps the actual store models are of a different config.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-15-6-4k-ultra-hd-touch-screen-laptop-intel-core-i7-12gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-silver/2608314.p?id=1219550857263

Asus P6X58D Premium * Core i7 950 * 24GB RAM * nVidia GeForce GTX 770 * Windows 7 Premium 64bit * System Drive – WD Caviar Black 500GB * 2nd Drive(Pagefile, Previews) – WD Velociraptor 10K drive 600GB * Media Drive – 2TB RAID0 (4 – WD Caviar Black 500GB drive) * Matrox MX02 Mini * Adobe CC * QuickTime 7.7.5
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“98% of all computer issues can be solved by simply pressing ‘F1’.”
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions

[Justin Hawley]

Wow. That is a major oversight on their end.

[Justin Hawley]

Does this AMD GPU have CUDA? Isn’t CUDA required for some Adobe products?

[Peter Garaway]

CUDA (NVIDIA)and OpenCL (AMD) are not required for Adobe products although a lot of the professional apps greatly benifit from using the technology. Here’s a link to more info about GPU acceleration.

https://blogs.adobe.com/premierepro/2011/02/cuda-mercury-playback-engine-and-adobe-premiere-pro.html

Best!

Peter Garaway
Adobe
Premiere Pro