what is the best laptop for video editing at this time?
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should I go for a mac or a pc?\n\nthis site gives you the answer..\n\nhttp://imedia.atspace.com/laptop2.htm
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I would certainly not go with a Pentium 4.  The best one out right now is the Intel Core Duo (Centrino Duo is the laptop version).  This along with 1-2 gigs of ram and 80+ gigs of hard drive space, and a video card 64megs of video ram should be good for the next few yeras.  If you wnat to save money, you can get about the same thing with a Pentium M processor, but I would certainly not use a pentium 4, he/she will get no battery life out of it.  they also are very hot, and aren't very fast at all.  the Pentium M and Duo even tho it has a lower clock rate (the gigahertz) they are much more efficient per clock cycle (they do more each time, rather then simply doing a little very fast).
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I'd get the newest Pinnacle Studio and the hardware that is sold with it. Whats also necessary is a good computer with a lot of hard drive space, an external harddrive is a good thing to have. You'll also want to get as much RAM as possible. I think the minimum recommended is 512MB, but the more the better. Even though your driver problem could probalby be easily fixed. Also, whenever you do capture to your hard drive, don't do anything else on your computer.
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hi i would suggest Adobe_Premiere_Pro_ for video editing if its just ur home video for pro i'd recamend avid xppress and for photo slides u can google it and find some  coz there are lots avalible hth :)\n\nor u can use ur nero vision or windowsXP movie maker
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Depends on what you call economical!!!\nyou can try the HP nx 6325, this notebook is a wonderful piece!! and it has a DVCD+/- RW Writer and a dual core processor!! ie the blazing fast AMD Turion 64 X2, and 512 MB of DDR2 533 MHz RAM which you can ( or possibly SHOULD) upgrade to 1 GB of DDR2 800 MHz RAM!!
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the HP Pavilion dv6000t is a pretty good laptop and starts at $580. you can customize it yourself with a few free upgrades atm.\nhttp://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do?storeName=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Usage&v1=Entertainment+Notebooks&series_name=dv6000t_series
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it works a little slow on rendering anything over 30 min but it will work if your just doing home movies. if you are doing hour long snowboard videos you might want to move up to the imac or powermac. i think for the average editor the imac is all you could ever need
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Depends on how much you want to spend. \nGets the job done: Windows MovieMaker: (Free)\nGood beginner software: Premiere Elements ($100)---BEST BUY\nIntermediate Software: Avid Express DV (#350), Final Cut Express ($350)\nPro Software: Avid Pro ($1400), Premiere Pro ($900)---BEST BUY, Final Cut Pro ($1300)\nIt goes up from there, but I'm assuming you don't want to spend that much.
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Then use a video editing programme such as Pinnacle, or similar - there are lots out there to choose from.
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For a laptop currently Intel's Core Duo is best. The new AMD processors are not for laptops.
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Its completly depends on your requirements, If you want to use Mac for editing sound, video or any other high resolution photographs, pictures then it will be a good choice on a bit extra price but you will save lots of time because that system hardly hangs when you performing those kind of editing. \nfor your company and sales, spreadsheets, I only recommend to go for Windows PCs, they wont give much trouble handled by a layman, most of the help will be available for them. and one of users already answered it supports many formats, file extension etc.
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I have a vaio (The first model ever made actually) and I always liked it. It has been dependable and when I needed support Sony help was great. I have heard bad things about Dell, but I have to say I would not be afraid to buy one if the price was right.\n\nI will say this, I bought my vaio to be a video editing machine, at the time it was decent but the technology really did not allow me to do what I wanted to. It was designed for home video not professional work. My advice would be to get the vaio as an all around home PC. Get something else if you need a professional application like video editing.\n\nTony
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if you are using premiere pro, i would get at least...\n\na pentium 4\n2 gigs of ram\n250 gb hard drive\n\nvideo card isn't as important.  get one with a pci express x16 interface and you'll be fine.
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whatever you do, dont get an HP pavillion ze4500 . thats what i have right now and it makes so much noice and its horrible. i recommend the Dell inspiron laptop, its lightweight, really good, and looks sexy
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Have 1GB of RAM is good but your CPU is lacking. The Celeron really isn't designed for something like video editing. Video is very CPU intensive and you may want to consider upgrading the CPU if you have that option. Also, defrag your hard drive to improve performance. Ideally, video work should be done on a second hard drive known as a scratch disk (any hard drive works for that). You'll keep the load off your operating system drive.
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The best advice is to go to your local PC world or Curry's\nTell then axactly what you want and be guided by them.\nOr, buy a Which computer & laptop mag:
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OK here's the deal.\nfirstly a G5 will be better.\nThe intel based macs will have to run Adobe products in emulation which is slower.\nAdobe plans on releasing the new version of their software for  both chips, but there's no ETA on it.\nSo right now PowerMac G5 is what you want for your editing purposes.