Bri leo
I've edited on a Mac but I'm not willing to dish out the money for one right now.
Answer
These ASUS laptops can handle that for you. The first one has the weakest graphics. It is a good one tho and is a 15".
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230597
Core i7-3630QM(2.4GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230592
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 500GB HDD 7200rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231089
Core i7 4700HQ(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231090
Core i7 4700HQ(2.40GHz) 17.3" 16GB Memory 256GB SSD 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
Brand buying advise
Always avoid refurbished units. They only come with a 90 day warranty and have a higher failure rate. The service contacts are normally just a one time replace contract.
You get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down. What cost you less today is going to cost you more tomorrow.
Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.
Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. Lenovo will not allow people to read instruction on how to access the BIOS menu or to get info on their puters on their web site unless you connect to them thru Facebook. They do this so they can spy on their users. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.
Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.
Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.
Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.
Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.
Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.
ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.
Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.
Chrome books are useless. They are designed by Google to make you dependent on Google. If you can not access the web then you can not do anything.
Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.
Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate.
Choose wisely.
:)
These ASUS laptops can handle that for you. The first one has the weakest graphics. It is a good one tho and is a 15".
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230597
Core i7-3630QM(2.4GHz) 15.6" 8GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230592
Core i7 3630QM(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 500GB HDD 7200rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231089
Core i7 4700HQ(2.40GHz) 17.3" 12GB Memory 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834231090
Core i7 4700HQ(2.40GHz) 17.3" 16GB Memory 256GB SSD 1TB HDD 5400rpm DVD±R/RW NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M 1920 x 1080 1 Year Accidental Damage/30-Day Zero Bright Dot
Brand buying advise
Always avoid refurbished units. They only come with a 90 day warranty and have a higher failure rate. The service contacts are normally just a one time replace contract.
You get what you pay for. Systems with high end parts with low prices are to be viewed with suspicion. They have to cut corners somewhere to get the price down. What cost you less today is going to cost you more tomorrow.
Apple makes a good quality laptop. The problem comes when it requires service or minor upgrades. It is near impossible to do anything with them. They even glue the battery and hard drive down so you can not change it. They solder the ram to the logic board so you can not increase it. They lock up most of the software so your stuck with what they approve.
Lenovo has serious stand behind their product problems. They bought IBM PC division and proceeded to drive the quality of the system into the ground. Their customer service is well below par. They even makes Dell customer service look good. Lenovo will not allow people to read instruction on how to access the BIOS menu or to get info on their puters on their web site unless you connect to them thru Facebook. They do this so they can spy on their users. The last and final thing to remember about them is they are a Chinese Government own company. It is up to you if you want to trust them.
Toshiba, Panasonic, Sony should be avoided because of their heavy modification of Windows and the drivers. If you remove some of the bloat they install, you can cripple the system.
Acer, Gateway, and eMachines should be avoided period. Low end system that are driving the race to the bottom.
Dell once made a good system and fell from grace. They are now struggling to regain their place in the market. Customer service is one of many problems with this company.
Alienware are glorified Dells and are more name then product. Priced extremely high for what you get. They do perform but you can get the same for less by looking around, just not packaged to be eye candy to the gamers.
Samsung has a history of using cheap parts in critical areas. Capacitors has been one area Samsung has a known history of going cheap, causing units to fail early. For that reason I would avoid them.
ASUS and HP do not modify Windows as bad as the other manufacturers. They have excellent build quality. They might add a lot of bloat but they also makes it easy to get rid of it.
Ultrabooks are the higher end of Wintel laptops but they have some of the same concerns as Apple. They make it next to impossible to change any hardware in them. Service of them will have to be done by the manufacturers. With most of them, you can not change your own battery or hard drive. They are designed to catch your eye but they are not any more special then other laptops except for the fact that they are slim or thin. Your paying for it being thin and slim. For the money your going to spend on it you can buy a much better laptop with more power.
Chrome books are useless. They are designed by Google to make you dependent on Google. If you can not access the web then you can not do anything.
Hybrids are the worse of the worse. The flip or detachable touch screens are just a disaster waiting to happen.
Never buy an All In One. They are far worst then laptops of any kind to service and they have a higher failure rate.
Choose wisely.
:)
Best laptop for video editing?
Kira
I currently have a hp Pavilion dv7, i5 core and running Windows 7. It's alright, but Sony Vegas is a pain in the rear to use. It always crashes on me, doesn't feel like working, etc. I know how to use pretty much all types if video editing software, (Final Cut, too), and either way, I don't mind learning. The thing is I'm going to start film school and I want a good, decent computer that's reliable and not going to let me down when it comes to video editing, because that's pretty much what I'm going to be doing. It would also be nice if it's simply just an all-around good laptop. Mac or PC, I don't have a particular preference, just tell me which is the best route to go.
Answer
Although I now own an HP laptop for personal use, for video editing, I always preferred my Mac. It was very user friendly and everything was easy to do on there. However, my problem with my last Mac laptop was how flimsy the actual casing was. I switched not because it stopped working, but because the bezel holding the screen in broke and Apple wanted $800 to fix it. They didn't have a bezel to switch out. They said I had to put a brand new screen (top piece) on it. The screen itself was still fine. I talked to them and got them down to 400, but that was NOT including the service which I would have had to pay. I couldn't see paying for that when I could get a new machine that was faster and did everything I needed it to do. Windows 7 is very similar to Mac, but as far as video editing, I still prefer my Mac. I just can't move it off the desk anymore. As you know, you'll need something with a lot of memory and a fast processor. So basically if you can afford the Mac and are very careful with it, I'd go that route. Most professionals do use them. All my friends that are in the business do, actually. Hope that helps.
Although I now own an HP laptop for personal use, for video editing, I always preferred my Mac. It was very user friendly and everything was easy to do on there. However, my problem with my last Mac laptop was how flimsy the actual casing was. I switched not because it stopped working, but because the bezel holding the screen in broke and Apple wanted $800 to fix it. They didn't have a bezel to switch out. They said I had to put a brand new screen (top piece) on it. The screen itself was still fine. I talked to them and got them down to 400, but that was NOT including the service which I would have had to pay. I couldn't see paying for that when I could get a new machine that was faster and did everything I needed it to do. Windows 7 is very similar to Mac, but as far as video editing, I still prefer my Mac. I just can't move it off the desk anymore. As you know, you'll need something with a lot of memory and a fast processor. So basically if you can afford the Mac and are very careful with it, I'd go that route. Most professionals do use them. All my friends that are in the business do, actually. Hope that helps.
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