Hi All,
Happy new year
I am in the process of sourcing a new laptop which will mainly used for editing films in HD. My camera is a Sony EX1 (XDCAM EX FULL HD) however I may now be changing that (Canon XF305?) I am coming from a MAC background using Final Cut Pro however I now wish to move to Windows OS as I have been tempted by ADOBE CS5.5 or Edius
Please have a look at my initial specs and tell me what you think? I am not very 'tech' minded so plain brain English please :winkiss:
Specs for Laptop:
Chassis & Display Optimus II: 15.6" Matte 95% Gamut LED Widescreen (1920x1080) (£79)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2760QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 2GB)
Graphics Card nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE
(7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive SONY BD-5730S 6x BLURAY WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE (£79)
Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6230 (300Mbps) +
BLUETOOTH
USB Options 4 PORT USB 2.0 EXTERNAL HUB + STANDARD USB PORTS
Battery Upgrade to 62.16WH 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (£39)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 90W Adaptor (GT 540M) / 120W Adaptor (GT 555M)
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2010 (1 License Product Key Card) (£82)
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Keyboard & Mouse INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
I will be using External 1TB HDD's for storage/back up so I hope the one HDD will suffice?
I also will be editing off 2 ext screens so will my Laptop be okay???
Thanks in advance for any help and Idea's
Dean
Happy new year
I am in the process of sourcing a new laptop which will mainly used for editing films in HD. My camera is a Sony EX1 (XDCAM EX FULL HD) however I may now be changing that (Canon XF305?) I am coming from a MAC background using Final Cut Pro however I now wish to move to Windows OS as I have been tempted by ADOBE CS5.5 or Edius
Please have a look at my initial specs and tell me what you think? I am not very 'tech' minded so plain brain English please :winkiss:
Specs for Laptop:
Chassis & Display Optimus II: 15.6" Matte 95% Gamut LED Widescreen (1920x1080) (£79)
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-2760QM (2.40GHz) 6MB
Memory (RAM) 4GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 2GB)
Graphics Card nVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M - 2GB DDR3 Video RAM - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk 750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKT, SATA 3 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE
(7200 rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive SONY BD-5730S 6x BLURAY WRITER & CYBERLINK SOFTWARE (£79)
Memory Card Reader Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (£9)
Sound Card Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack
Network Facilities GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® ADVANCED-N 6230 (300Mbps) +
BLUETOOTH
USB Options 4 PORT USB 2.0 EXTERNAL HUB + STANDARD USB PORTS
Battery Upgrade to 62.16WH 6 Cell Lithium-ION Battery (£39)
Power Lead & Adaptor 1 x UK Power Lead & 90W Adaptor (GT 540M) / 120W Adaptor (GT 555M)
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£109)
Office Software Microsoft® Office Home & Student 2010 (1 License Product Key Card) (£82)
Anti-Virus BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Keyboard & Mouse INTEGRATED UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD
Mouse INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam INTEGRATED 1.3 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
I will be using External 1TB HDD's for storage/back up so I hope the one HDD will suffice?
I also will be editing off 2 ext screens so will my Laptop be okay???
Thanks in advance for any help and Idea's
Dean
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