Wednesday, May 21, 2014

help buying a laptop?




Joshua B


i have a 1000 dollar budget thats all i can afford to spend as a total (including tax/ warranty). i need something that would be good for editing movies/videos and that has a built in webcam and microphone. any help would be good


Answer
Video editing is a rather tough requirement and that 1000 budget is well a bit optimistic if you really plan to do much of that type of work.

For viedo due to the large files involved most editing sytems are setup to stream from one hard drive to another. For a laptop this would mean a 17" with dual hard drive bays that you would populate with two 7200 rpm hard drives of 320 gigs each.

Video editing also needs as much CPu as you can give it. A 2.6 Ghz CPU wouldn't be the overkill it usually is for everything else...

One excellent laptop to consider would be a Dell XPS M1730 with dual 7200 rpm hard drives and as much CPU as you can afford...

But if you just want to play around, then any laptop that fits the following considerations should work:

First, brand is not important. Only the components you are getting (or more likely not getting) for the price.

For example, this unit at BestBuy is an excellent low cost find.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8907043&productCategoryId=abcat0502003&type=product&id=1213046783376

It is amazingly hard to find such a lower priced laptop with dedicated graphics and a 7200 rpm hard drive.

The 7200 rpm drive will make a huge difference to the overall feel of your laptop

So simply stated, here are the basic level requirements for any decent responsive laptop:

1. any dual core CPU

2. 4 gigs RAM becuase it's so cheap now, it is crazy to get less

3. any 7200 rpm hard drive if you want any kind of responsive feeling to your laptop. All laptops with 5400 rpm hard drives feel really sluggish..

4. any dedicated graphics chip if you want any kind of system stability

Start with those basic specs and see what else you might need such as screen resolution of 1920x1200 and other possible extra features.

The brand mostly doesn't matter, only the components inside the laptop and what you have to pay for them. Two notable exceptions at two ends of the value spectrum are Macbooks which give you low end components for a high price and Alienware which gives you really goog components and really good "under the hood" construction.

Run away screaming from any laptop with Intel 3100 integrated chipset graphics in it or other simlilar chips using "shared memory"

This is a good reference to see where you chip compares to others:


http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Graphics-Cards-Benchmark-List.844.0.html

Some lower cost laptops that can meet the above 4 specs are Dell Studio 15 and Dell Studio 17

Some medium cost higher quality models are any Dell XPS.

Highest quality models that can meet the spec are any Alienware.

Good laptops for video editing/media students?




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Hi, so I'm a media student and we seem to be doing a lot of editing and since my laptop is breaking (it's 3 years old) it's time to get a new one but I want one that's going to good enough for me to be able to do my work. I don't really know much about computers so if you're going into detail please make it simple!
Right now I have a Sony Vaio not that it's important

So which laptops are good for what I need it for?



Answer
Hello.

According to your requirements, you'd need a laptop that could outrun the power intensive jobs.
Apple MacBook Pro MD101LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop is the answer that would bring you style and status in addition.
Here are the main specs

2.5 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 processor
4 GB DDR3 RAM; 500 GB Hard Drive
13.3 inch LED-backlit display, 1280-by-800 resolution
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Mac OS X v10.7 Lion, 7 Hour Battery Life

Consider these reviews on video, this would help you analyze this option better.
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-MD101LL-13-3-Inch-VERSION/dp/B0074703CM/ref=zg_bs_565108_3&tag=aajema-20

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1HSLOPERWGAVY/ref=cm_cr_pr_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B007470SMM&nodeID=&linkCode=&tag=aajema-20

For something really affordable and good,
Consider Toshiba Satellite S855D-S5253 15.6-Inch Laptop
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Satellite-S855D-S5253-15-6-Inch-Aluminum/dp/B0088L19VC/ref=zg_bs_565108_23&tag=aajema-20




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