Mike
The laptop I am currently using struggles when editing videos - and is almost impossible to edit HD videos with. I need something a bit more powerful.
So, what would be the minimum requirements + a bit more, just to be sure?
Answer
Began doing video production for my job at the end of last year. Like you, at the time, I was attempting to edit HD footage with an underpowered laptop, both at work and at home. When I was researching how to upgrade my system, I found this article, which was a really big help: http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/Videoguys+System+recommendations+for+Video+Editing/0x4aebb06ba071d2b6a2cd784ce243a6c6.aspx
For home, I bought a Dell Studio XPS 435T: 8GB RAM, i7-920 processor, ATI Radeon HD video card, 750GB storage, and a 24'' monitor. At work, the company got me a Dell business workstation with 12GB RAM and a Xeon processor, with two 22'' monitors. A significant upgrade, to say the least. That may seem superfluous to you, but if you really want to build an HD-capable system, you need to go as beefy as you can.
That's why my advice would be to steer you away from a laptop; with a desktop, you're going to get far more bang for your buck, not to mention a much bigger screen.
It used to take an hour and a half to render a four minute video, and while editing, I was forced to have the preview window at the lowest/smallest resolution, both because of the lack of power and lack of screen real estate--not much fun and horribly time-consuming. Now, it takes eight minutes and I get to have the preview window at the best and biggest resolution, along with a timeline that stretches across two monitors--a whole lot of fun and much more efficient.
Which type of high def camcorder and files are you working with? AVCHD or HDV? Here's a blog post I wrote about my own workflow: http://www.werdofbert.com/2009/08/best-workflow-avchd-convert-editing.html
Any further questions, you can leave a comment and I'll get back to you. Hope this helped your decision!
Began doing video production for my job at the end of last year. Like you, at the time, I was attempting to edit HD footage with an underpowered laptop, both at work and at home. When I was researching how to upgrade my system, I found this article, which was a really big help: http://www.videoguys.com/Guide/E/Videoguys+System+recommendations+for+Video+Editing/0x4aebb06ba071d2b6a2cd784ce243a6c6.aspx
For home, I bought a Dell Studio XPS 435T: 8GB RAM, i7-920 processor, ATI Radeon HD video card, 750GB storage, and a 24'' monitor. At work, the company got me a Dell business workstation with 12GB RAM and a Xeon processor, with two 22'' monitors. A significant upgrade, to say the least. That may seem superfluous to you, but if you really want to build an HD-capable system, you need to go as beefy as you can.
That's why my advice would be to steer you away from a laptop; with a desktop, you're going to get far more bang for your buck, not to mention a much bigger screen.
It used to take an hour and a half to render a four minute video, and while editing, I was forced to have the preview window at the lowest/smallest resolution, both because of the lack of power and lack of screen real estate--not much fun and horribly time-consuming. Now, it takes eight minutes and I get to have the preview window at the best and biggest resolution, along with a timeline that stretches across two monitors--a whole lot of fun and much more efficient.
Which type of high def camcorder and files are you working with? AVCHD or HDV? Here's a blog post I wrote about my own workflow: http://www.werdofbert.com/2009/08/best-workflow-avchd-convert-editing.html
Any further questions, you can leave a comment and I'll get back to you. Hope this helped your decision!
What is the minimum spec for a home laptop used for internet browsing, editing photos and occasional videos?
RIK_UK
Any brands that should be avoided?
Answer
Everyone will give you different answers, they're more suggestions than anything. It depends on the minimum requirements of the OS and software you choose.
If you get Vista:
Minimum 2GB RAM, 1.5GHz dual-core processor.
Recommended: 2GB RAM, 2GHz dual-core processor.
Why: Vista uses a lot of memory and processing power.
If you get XP:
Minimum 512MB RAM, 500MHz (Pentium III equivelant) processor.
Recommended: 1GB RAM, 1.0 GHz processor.
Why: For what you are asking, you don't need much - and XP doesn't use much.
More is always better...I'd up the processor before up-ing RAM. The RAM is very easy to upgrade and fairly cheap to change in the future (it just snaps out and a new board snaps in all under an access door on the bottom) but the processor will be very expensive and hard to upgrade and sometimes requires the computer be sent back for service.
Everyone will give you different answers, they're more suggestions than anything. It depends on the minimum requirements of the OS and software you choose.
If you get Vista:
Minimum 2GB RAM, 1.5GHz dual-core processor.
Recommended: 2GB RAM, 2GHz dual-core processor.
Why: Vista uses a lot of memory and processing power.
If you get XP:
Minimum 512MB RAM, 500MHz (Pentium III equivelant) processor.
Recommended: 1GB RAM, 1.0 GHz processor.
Why: For what you are asking, you don't need much - and XP doesn't use much.
More is always better...I'd up the processor before up-ing RAM. The RAM is very easy to upgrade and fairly cheap to change in the future (it just snaps out and a new board snaps in all under an access door on the bottom) but the processor will be very expensive and hard to upgrade and sometimes requires the computer be sent back for service.
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