This laptop fine for video editing?
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April 13, 2009 at 2:28 AM #37520
Anonymous
InactiveHello everyone, sorry if this is in the wrong place, but i was wondering if this set up would be fine for high end video editing. I currently edit normal video, but could possible move to HD later on. I also currently edit on Vegas Pro 8.
Studio XPS 16
16 inch display
Intel core 2 duo t9550 (6 mb cache, 2.66ghz,1066mhz)
4gb dual channel ddr3 sdram 1067 mhz
320 gb 7200 rpm sats hard drive
ati mobility radeon hd 3670 512mb
$1274
Just wanted to get your thoughts. Thanks!
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April 13, 2009 at 3:51 AM #166412
Coreece
ParticipantYeah…you’ll be able to do some damage and make some decent HD cuts, but what do you mean by “high end?”That’s a pretty subjective term….
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April 13, 2009 at 3:56 AM #166413
Anonymous
InactiveSorry, shouldn’t have necessarily said high end. I’m currently a film student, and want to use this PC to edit my films. Looking to do some independent film work and wedding/commercial work after school, so just seeing if this was good enough for that sort of stuff 🙂
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April 13, 2009 at 5:41 AM #166414
Coreece
ParticipantIf you have some decent skils, that computer can go along way…but eventuallyit’ll probably be necessaryto beef it up a little if you wanna make a decent livingthrowing down some chops…
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April 13, 2009 at 2:03 PM #166415
XTR-91
ParticipantThe specs for this PC are probably great for video editing, though I would get a Mac instead if it’s not too much trouble. I do not have one myself, but I heard that they have better speed and stability for editing video.
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April 13, 2009 at 3:40 PM #166416
composite1
MemberBlakes,
Your machine is just fine for editing. With your current setup you can do a reasonable amount of HD editing (HDV, AVCHD, maybe even XDCAM without a lot of effects.) You’re definitely going to need an external harddrive(s) to hold your media files (doing everything on the OS drive is a bad idea.) You will run into issues with rendering HD effects/transitions (Vegas can’t do realtime effects in HD or DV) and rendering will take up most of your time (unfortunately, I haven’t seen any hardware accelerator cards / adapters for laptops yet.) But for now, you’ve got a system that will get the ball rolling for you. As for the ‘Get a Mac’ mantra, I’ll follow my grandma’s advice, “If you can’t say anything nice….”
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