I am new to the world of notebooks, I know I'm late but being a New England yankee we are all a little slow the change.
I am looking to take my video editing on the road (I do outdoor videos). Presently we capture all of our footage and then bring it back to a studio for editing. With many hours of down time on our trips I thought we could jump start the edtiing process by using a notebook computer.
In addtion to video editing we would also be using it for power point and multimedia presentations. It would need to have the ability to play and record dvd's/cd's. As for additonal programs it would be using using Sony Vegas Video and probably adobe photoshop as the main programs. The minimum specs for the editing software is below, note these are minimums and I would probably upgrade to a dual core processor and a 2gb ram, along with at least 150gb of harddrive. For those using vegas video I notice they don't list a video card, won't I need one?
Any suggestions for a system at a reasonable budget?
Vegas requirements:
System Requirements
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4, XP Home, or XP Professional (Windows XP SP2 required for HDV and XDCAM)
800 MHz processor (2.8 GHz recommended for HDV)
200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
600 MB hard-disk space for optional Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples reference library installation
256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended for HDV)
OHCI-compatible i.LINK® connector¹/IEEE-1394DV card (for DV and HDV capture and print-to-tape)
Windows-compatible sound card
DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later²
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0²
Internet Explorer 5.1 or later²
Thanks for the advice
Rick
I am looking to take my video editing on the road (I do outdoor videos). Presently we capture all of our footage and then bring it back to a studio for editing. With many hours of down time on our trips I thought we could jump start the edtiing process by using a notebook computer.
In addtion to video editing we would also be using it for power point and multimedia presentations. It would need to have the ability to play and record dvd's/cd's. As for additonal programs it would be using using Sony Vegas Video and probably adobe photoshop as the main programs. The minimum specs for the editing software is below, note these are minimums and I would probably upgrade to a dual core processor and a 2gb ram, along with at least 150gb of harddrive. For those using vegas video I notice they don't list a video card, won't I need one?
Any suggestions for a system at a reasonable budget?
Vegas requirements:
System Requirements
Microsoft® Windows® 2000 SP4, XP Home, or XP Professional (Windows XP SP2 required for HDV and XDCAM)
800 MHz processor (2.8 GHz recommended for HDV)
200 MB hard-disk space for program installation
600 MB hard-disk space for optional Sony Sound Series Loops & Samples reference library installation
256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM recommended for HDV)
OHCI-compatible i.LINK® connector¹/IEEE-1394DV card (for DV and HDV capture and print-to-tape)
Windows-compatible sound card
DVD-ROM drive (for installation from a DVD only)
Supported CD-recordable drive (for CD burning only)
Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c or later²
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0²
Internet Explorer 5.1 or later²
Thanks for the advice
Rick
