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Ozzie Alfonso
December 15, 2010 at 6:07 am in reply to: Suggestions on a PC LAPTOP to buy for CS5

Pablo,

I’ve been running Premiere CS5 HD footage, mostly 720. The importing and rendering have gone smoothly. I still get the red line most of the time but the playback is okay even with unrendered footage. All the same holds true for AE. So far I’m very happy with the ASUS N82J.

Ozzie Alfonso
NYC
Ozzie Alfonso
September 18, 2010 at 7:45 pm in reply to: Suggestions on a PC LAPTOP to buy for CS5

Well, after a lot of looking around I settled on an ASUS N82JQ-A1 laptop with these specs:

– Display: 14.1″ WXGA HD 16:9
– Processor: – Intel® Core™ i7-840QM, 1.86-3.2GHz, (45nm, 8MB L3 cache)
– Thermal Compound: Stock OEM Thermal Compound
– Graphics Video Card: nVidia GeForce GT 335M 1024MB PCI-Express GDDR3 DX10
– Ram: 8GB (2 SODIMM) DDR3 1066MHz Dual Channel Memory (2x4GB)
– Optical Drive: – 2X/4X Blu-Ray Reader + 8X DVDRW/CDRW Super Multi Combo Drive
– Primary Hard Drive: – 500GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s)
– Memory Card Reader: Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS)
– Sound Card: Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio

I ordered over a week ago and it might be another week before I get it. The price with all the specs came to $1944. What do you think? From what I’ve read ASUS is a dependable brand, and the basic prices could not be beat. I’ve never used a CPU that needs a thermal compound to keep it cool.

One of the driving reasons for this particular model was its weight – about 5 pounds. Great!

Ozzie Alfonso
NYC
Ozzie Alfonso
September 2, 2010 at 2:42 am in reply to: Suggestions on a PC LAPTOP to buy for CS5

There are others I’ve been looking at that come in under $2k – ASUS is one of them. They fall in the $1200 – $1500 range. I’m currently looking at i7 quad core processors. Of course after adding 8GB of RAM the price quickly escalates to $2k and higher, but at least they all seem to be under 7 pounds.

There are some accounts receivable outstanding, so maybe soon. 🙂

Ozzie Alfonso
NYC
Ozzie Alfonso
August 30, 2010 at 4:29 pm in reply to: Suggestions on a PC LAPTOP to buy for CS5

Jeff,
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Both sites offer exactly what I’m searching for. Boxx has some interesting configurations – if I can afford them. NextComputing seems to be more into the lightweight desktop than laptops – at 15 lbs a notebook is hardly portable. But good systems.

Ozzie Alfonso
NYC