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1. Re: Buying a new laptop...
Chuck A. McIntyre Nov 22, 2009 10:38 AM (in response to Eric Addison)Eric:
I'm not familiar with editing XDCAM EX footage, but I'll take a stab at suggesting a laptop:
The one listed for $2622.49 may work for you:
Overview:
•Built on Clevo D900F notebook barebone
•17" WUXGA Ultra Bright Glossy TFT LCD display
•Intel® Core™i7 or Xeon™ 5500 series quad-core socket 1366 processor
•Intel® X58 + ICH10R chipset
•Up to 12GB DDR3-1333 SODIMM triple-channel memory
•NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 280M 1GB graphics
•Up to 3 SATA hard drives w/ RAID 0, 1 and 5 capabilities
•DVD±R/RW dual layer optical drive
•Optional Intel® 802.11a/b/g/Draft N Mini-PCI wireless LAN card
•Modem, Gb LAN, 8-channel Audio, 7-in-1 card reader, built-in 3MP webcam, optional Bluetooth, TV tuner w/ remote, and more ...
•Custom painting option is available!I would go with the 12GB of RAM and 3 internal hard drives.
If you can find someone successfully editing XDCAM EX footage on a notebook, their specs would be a great help.
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2. Re: Buying a new laptop...
Harm Millaard Nov 22, 2009 10:50 AM (in response to Eric Addison)Eric,
Is that instead of, or in addition to a workstation? If the former, why?
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3. Re: Buying a new laptop...
Eric Addison Nov 22, 2009 12:31 PM (in response to Harm Millaard)Chuck - thanks for the info. I'll check it out. That price is a bit more then I am spending on the laptop I'm looking at, but I'd rather buy the best I can afford,
Harm - this will be in addition to my workstation. I've got clients that like to do some editing out on location and my current laptop can playback the XDCAM EX clips somewhat smoothly, but lay them down on a timeline and start adding some titles and do some editing and things slow down.
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4. Re: Buying a new laptop...
Bill Hunt Nov 22, 2009 5:06 PM (in response to Eric Addison)From the Lounge post:
Eric,
As this will probably be moved to the Hardware Forum, I'll post here.
Before you put the $ down, you might want to check out Sager, as a supplier. They are known for their extreme gaming laptops, but they are easily customized to do NLE work. I love mine, and have relied on it almost every day for 2.5 years.
Good luck,
Hunt
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5. Re: Buying a new laptop...
Eric Addison Nov 22, 2009 7:10 PM (in response to Bill Hunt)Thanks, Hunt - I'll check that out...
Are the specs I posted pretty good? I haven't kept up with the i7 chips (or any chips for that matter)...should that configuration work well for HD editing?
I lean towards HP, knowing they are a little more expensive, because their computers have treated me very well over the last few years...but I'm always open to something better. And I've learned over the years to trust the opinion of many on this forum - some of you know FAR more then me, so I thought I'd ask for your wisdom.
Thanks!
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6. Re: Buying a new laptop...
Harm Millaard Nov 23, 2009 2:25 AM (in response to Eric Addison)Eric,
For what you have in mind, the HP looks good, but I agree with Bill, have a look at Sager too. I would definitely opt for an i7 notebook.
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7. Re: Buying a new laptop...
Eric Addison Nov 23, 2009 3:37 PM (in response to Harm Millaard)function(){return A.apply(null,[this].concat($A(arguments)))}
Harm Millaard wrote:
Eric,
For what you have in mind, the HP looks good, but I agree with Bill, have a look at Sager too. I would definitely opt for an i7 notebook.
Thanks, Harm (and Bill) - I'll definitely check out Sagar...I've heard good things about them in the past.



