[Kurt Schuette]

Vince,

Thanks for the link. Looks interesting. I’ll do some more research on that.

Kurt

[Kurt Schuette]

Thanks. So far, the Aaydn Tech lights are the ones I’ve come up with too. We are definitely considering them, especially given the power circuit restraints we sometimes run into.

[Kurt Schuette]

That looks promising. I’ll check it out. Thanks!

[Kurt Schuette]

Interesting. I might have to try that. Do you know if you can create a disk image from an already burned DVD or do you need to do that before you delete the project?

[Kurt Schuette]

Thanks for your help!

[Kurt Schuette]

Here’s another set of specs for a laptop I was considering. I have bumped the hard drive to 7200rpm, bumped the memory to 4GB, and there is now a dedicated video card.

Studio 15 Studio 15 Laptop
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
Processor NEW 2010 Intel® Core™ i3-350M 2.26GHz (3M cache)
Memory 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
LCD Panel 15.6” High Definition (720p) LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera
Video Card ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4570, 512MB
Hard Drive 500GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
CD ROM/DVD ROM 8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)

[Kurt Schuette]

Hi Bob. Thanks for the post. I actually haven’t made a purchase yet. I am in the process of weighing my options. I took a look at the thread you referenced. It looks like the system specs you listed would work great with CS5. I actually have an i7 desktop with a Raid setup, and high end graphics that I use for 95% of my production work. I guess what I am looking for is the minimum laptop that can still run CS5. All I need to do is to be able to do some basic cutting, titling and burn to DVD. Since this would be used for volunteer work a couple weekends a year, I can’t warrant the expense of a high end laptop. That having been said, I don’t want to commit to a purchase only to find that CS5 isn’t compatable.

[Kurt Schuette]

If the render times are not that much of a factor then we might give that a shot. Thanks.

[Kurt Schuette]

Sounds good. I’ll give the DNxHD codecs a try.

[Kurt Schuette]

Thanks everyone for your posts. It looks like I would be best to go to ProRes right from the start to simplify matters. We will primarily be shooting in 1080i60 with the AVC-Intro 100 format.