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Jim Stamos · March 12th, 2011, 10:42 PM

shooting with a sony cx550 and am looking to get a laptop to edit the footage. being that avchd is a bear to edit smoothly, will an i5 handle it well , if not having trouble finding an hp with an i7. will be editing on edius neo.

Guy McLoughlin · March 15th, 2011, 10:55 AM

If you plan on keeping your laptop for any length of time ( say more than 18 months ), I would try and buy an i7 model because of the time you will save from faster edits and shorter rendering time.

Jim Stamos · March 16th, 2011, 02:01 AM

how would this fare editing avchd and hd footage. editing with edius neo or edius

Heres an HP laptop im looking at:
Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor at 2GHz
6MB L3 cache
8GB DDR3 SDRAM (2 DIMM)
Drives:

750GB (5,400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
SuperMulti 8x DVD±R/RW drive with Double Layer Support
Graphics & Video:

15.6" High Definition LED BrightView display; 1366 x 768 native resolution
1GB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 6490M GDDR5 Graphics (HDMI, VGA)
Communications:

802.11 b/g/n WLAN
Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN
Audio:

Dolby Audio with Built-in Altec Lansing speakers
Keyboard:

Standard keyboard
Touch Pad
Personalization:

Color: Brushed aluminum in stream argento (metal)
Integrated HP TrueVision Webcam
Ports:

1x 5-in-1 Media Card Reader
4x USB 2.0 ports (one shared with eSATA port)
1x HDMI
1x VGA
1x RJ-45 (LAN)
Operating System:

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

Kin Lau · March 17th, 2011, 12:42 PM

You might want to consider that there's support for Nvidia CUDA video chips in some of the software like Premier Pro CS5.

It doesn't look like Edius has that support, but it wouldn't hurt to have an Nvidia chip in the laptop.

March 12th, 2011, 10:42 PM	#1
Jim Stamos Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 563	laptop for avchd shooting with a sony cx550 and am looking to get a laptop to edit the footage. being that avchd is a bear to edit smoothly, will an i5 handle it well , if not having trouble finding an hp with an i7. will be editing on edius neo.

March 15th, 2011, 10:55 AM	#2
Guy McLoughlin Major Player Join Date: May 2007 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 287	Re: laptop for avchd If you plan on keeping your laptop for any length of time ( say more than 18 months ), I would try and buy an i7 model because of the time you will save from faster edits and shorter rendering time.

March 16th, 2011, 02:01 AM	#3
Jim Stamos Major Player Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 563	Re: laptop for avchd/how bout this one? how would this fare editing avchd and hd footage. editing with edius neo or edius Heres an HP laptop im looking at: Intel Core i7-2630QM Processor at 2GHz 6MB L3 cache 8GB DDR3 SDRAM (2 DIMM) Drives: 750GB (5,400RPM) SATA Hard Drive SuperMulti 8x DVD±R/RW drive with Double Layer Support Graphics & Video: 15.6" High Definition LED BrightView display; 1366 x 768 native resolution 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 6490M GDDR5 Graphics (HDMI, VGA) Communications: 802.11 b/g/n WLAN Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet LAN Audio: Dolby Audio with Built-in Altec Lansing speakers Keyboard: Standard keyboard Touch Pad Personalization: Color: Brushed aluminum in stream argento (metal) Integrated HP TrueVision Webcam Ports: 1x 5-in-1 Media Card Reader 4x USB 2.0 ports (one shared with eSATA port) 1x HDMI 1x VGA 1x RJ-45 (LAN) Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)

March 17th, 2011, 12:42 PM	#4
Kin Lau Major Player Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ottawa, ON Posts: 385	Re: laptop for avchd You might want to consider that there's support for Nvidia CUDA video chips in some of the software like Premier Pro CS5. It doesn't look like Edius has that support, but it wouldn't hurt to have an Nvidia chip in the laptop.