[Grant]

Thanks for the suggestion Steve. Unfortunately I have done that already. Any other ideas? This is virtually stopping my work flow.
Grant.

[Grant]

The same happens witrh a fire wire drive. have you noticed it with any other drives such as USB 2?
Grant.

[Grant]

Thanks

[Grant]

I have had a dell 9300 inspirion for a few weeks now. I am very impressed with the performance.
It runs very fast.
It runs for hours on a battery & the 17 inch screen has come in much handier than I would have expected. I initially intended to use dual screen most of the time but have found myself not bothering to connect up the second monitor.
The graphics card makes a big difference with 3 d transitions & effects in boris etc.

Specs

2gig centrino 533bus
1gig ram 533
6800 geforce PCI express graphics
7200 rpm system drive
7200rpm external firewire drive (connected into firewire port on laptop)
vx2000 camera (connected through PCIMA card)

If you want a laptop that runs cool & fast &b long this is the one.
I am sure you may be able to get a more powerful P4 laptop but be warned they will not last very long on a battery.

Also Alieen ware have some killer laptops with some very big batteries.

[Grant]

Thanks for responding George, I will check them out. It helps to know that they are already working well for video editors.
Grant.