Video Editing On Alienware Laptop

Hardware wise, the mac will tend to have better stuff and MUCH better support.
Looks wise they r imo the 2 sexiest bitches out(well sort of) Id prefer the mbp in black and although the aw lcd half is always sweet, the keyboard half is pretty fugly.

Video encoding wise:
This weekend i tryied to reencode a divx copy of *cough* um I mean a home movie. On my sentia it killed it!!! 6hours for 2hr video. My desktop on the other hand did it in just over an hour. Desktop is athlon 64 3000 w/ half the ram and running system killing Vista.

Core 2 Duo's just got released, id really recommend waiting for that as it is a bit more powerful and will allow u to upgrade to 64bit when the software has matured which are both very important for the video work u are seeking to preform

As an alternative to bootcamp, this little program seems pretty sweet.

Aside from that, can pretty much only echo what Arch stated. Of course, the new sentias are quite a bit more than the 244's an' 223's were, mine(223) isn't quite so bad as he described, but still slower than mud, an' I really have no experience with the new laptops, but I'd imagine they'd run a bit faster...
But were it me, I'd wait until about February to buy anything. Give the new stuff a chance to settle in an' calm down. Just my opinion.

Maybe if Arch stopped running Four Different OS's on a single Hard Drive the gods of computing would bless his lappy to run faster. ;P
Anyone know if what'shisface...st? ever got OSX working? He seemed quite confident that he'd have it done months ago...

alien ware

To be sure my 244 never could really handle any games, but up till now handled everything else quite strong!!! That video encoding killed it kinda miffs me. While my desktop has some slightly stronger parts its not by much. Surely not 300% faster as the reencode would suggest. But in my experience the x64 chips even running 32bit OSes are much stronger.

PS I read that intel is aiming to release kentsfield in DECEMBER to combat amd's 4x4.... jmo 4x4 is overkill, desktops are dying, 4x4 aint gunna fit in a laptop....

Video editing uses the processor, memory and hard drives much more heavily than the video card. The advantage that you would gain from a dedicated video card is that all of your memory would be available to the system, instead of losing a portion for the display. You might also want to get a fast external drive. A firewire 800 card and a compatible drive or external RAID would speed up large projects.

While I like the new Apples, the main reason that I had not considered one is that the only model with a dual-layer DVD drive is the 17" MacBook Pro. All other models are limited to a 4x DVD burner.

That Dell looks good, but if you can wait, the merom processor should give a huge boost, even over the current dual core systems. If you want a system now and are not afraid to spend a bit more, I would look at AW's systems:

[1] Area-51® m5750 ($2743)

Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2500 2.0GHz 2MB Cache 667MHz FSB
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Display: Alienware® m5750 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD
Motherboard: Alienware® Intel® 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Hard Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 200GB (100GB x 2) Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Video/Graphics Card: 128MB ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X1400
Sound Card: Intel® 7.1 High-Definition Audio
Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® PRO Wireless 3945 a/b/g Mini-Card
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
Alienware Exclusive Offers: GameFly - Unlimited Game Rentals for 15 days - FREE TRIAL
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Works 8 Productivity Suite
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager

[1] Area-51® m5550 ($2298)

Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo Processor T2500 2.0GHz 2MB Cache 667MHz FSB
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Display: Alienware® m5550 15.4" WideXGA 1280 x 768 LCD
Motherboard: Alienware® Intel® 945PM + ICH7 Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Hard Drive: 100GB Serial ATA 1.5Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 8MB Cache
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Video/Graphics Card: 128MB ATI Mobility™ Radeon® X1400
Sound Card: Intel® 7.1 High-Definition Audio
Wireless Network Card: Internal Intel® PRO Wireless 3945 a/b/g Mini-Card
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Warranty: 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
Alienware Exclusive Offers: GameFly - Unlimited Game Rentals for 15 days - FREE TRIAL
Productivity Software: Microsoft® Works 8 Productivity Suite
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager

The m5550 is two pounds lighter and $445 cheaper, but the larger screen and second hard drive would be useful for video. Personaly, I would go with the smaller laptop, and add a 19" external widescreen monitor and external hard drive for video editing.

Shaman, I use my Sentia M3200 all the time for video using Adobe's Premiere Pro, Aftereffects and Audition. The machine handles it all with no problem. I have even done some HD video... obviously, the Sentia cannot play the uncompressed HD in real time, but the final product (using Windows Media encoding) runs smooth and looks great.

It would be great to have a dual core processor so that I could do other things while the video is renderring, but I remain content with my Sentia.

No, I don't know. I've not used it yet, an' won't until I buy my macbook pro sometime next year. But from the comments people have there, it likely does. *Shrug* If you want to know more about it, I'd suggest Google.

My first post; So my first post will be a thanks for this thread, I am also looking at a laptop for editing, not so much rendering speed as I will be editing to an external, but more or less I need a phat editor, something that I won't have to wait on to edit/preview etc. Also I want a mobile office but any crappy one would work for that.