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What are the best laptops with what options to run CS5
Hi,
I hope I can get help here. What are the best laptops with what options to be able to run Adobe CS5? I don’t have much money. So am hoping for an economical solution that works well. I’ve used older versions of Sony Vegas Pro on my desktop. I want to learn After Effects. Am auditing courses to learn more and they involve Premier Pro and Avid. One classmate bought CS5 and his computer is unable to run the programs.
Thank you,
Margie
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5 Replies
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Although opinions will vary, get at least 4 GB of RAM and make sure your operating system (i.e. Win 7) is 64-bit. AE and Premiere need that for CS5.
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I have a sony vaio with a core2duo 64-bit processor, windows 7/64-bit and 4gb of ram, circa 2009. It works more than fine. Anything more than that is fine.
Cory
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Thank you all for your help:)
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Hi Cory,
How big is your hard drive in the Sony Viao and is it a 5400 or 7200 rpm hard drive?
Thanks,
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It came with a 250gb 5400rpm. I replaced it with a 500gb 7200rpm.
Never get a system with a 5400rpm drive if you can avoid it, or plan to replace it. A slow harddrive is one of the greatest performance drains for a system.
But really any reasonably recent laptop will be fine for you. You don’t know how to use AE yet so any system it will run on will allow you to learn. Once you know how to use it, you’ll have more reason to have a powerful system. Rules of thumb are: 7200rpm harddrive, then spend as much as you can afford on processor, and memory up to say 12-24gb.
Cory
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