I want your suggestions for a new laptop!
@jobetterknown (23)
United States
December 21, 2008 5:58pm CST
So I'm thinking about buying a new laptop and want to know what all of you would recommend. I need something that I can do a lot of video editing and converting and things like that, you know, things that hog all the memory, haha. Anyways, I'm looking at a dell xps 1530, with all the higher end specs, but I need advice from all you techies out there! Thanks!
5 responses
@thecrazyjogger (3178)
• India
22 Dec 08
yeah i have seen tht laptop
but i thnk it was 1525
if u do get it get the one with 4gb ram
happy lotting and have a nice day!
@jobetterknown (23)
• United States
22 Dec 08
Yeah, when I built the laptop online it gave me an option for 8gb ram, with the 64 bit Vista OS. I was totally pumped!
@Kumaresan (450)
• Malaysia
22 Dec 08
hello there...
well, according to your specifications, i might as well recommend you to buy dell XPS series because it got all the high-end hardware support and a lot of great features... both laptop and desktop is also great... i really recommend you buy dell XPS models... worth of your money...
@jobetterknown (23)
• United States
22 Dec 08
Thanks! I called dell today and told them a little bit about what I was looking for and they fixed me right up!
@praetorian1026 (82)
• Philippines
22 Dec 08
If I would do some video editing, I'd consider the following;
1) Upgradability of RAM to 3 or 4GB (dual channel mode would be better)
2) Dedicated Video chipset, not shared. you might want to look at units that have
NVidia Quadro (at least).
3) Screen resolution - for video editing purposes, you might want to consider WSXGA+ (1440x900), so that you have lots of screen real estate, this is normally found on higher end laptops, this is one factor for the price differential as well.
and lastly, your choice of video editing software, whether it is a windows only software, or they have versions for Mac.
From my personal experience, most people I know who does video editing, went for Mac Book Pro, upgraded their units to 4GB (Mac will recognize all 4GB, because OSX is a 64 bit OS - Windows XP 32 bit or Vista 32 bit will not. Although 64 bit versions of Vista and/or XP will be able to take advantage of 4GB RAM, but that is another story)
happy lottin.
@sitaramnayak (70)
• India
23 Dec 08
i recomend u macbook. it is with dual core and u can run both mac & windows. no virus can enter ur pc the the look & performance is great.
