Is it possible for a laptop to do all of this stuff and stay alive for 4 to 6 years?
Several years ago, I was told that you don't want to leave your laptop on all day long just to record TV shows because the heat will kill your processor.
I need a new computer system and want to record TV shows to ditch my cable DVR and assumed that I should get a desktop that can stay on all day/night. To my surprise, a friend who works in IT said that laptops are able to stay on all the time and mentioned that many hospitals are purchasing laptops that stay on all the time.
Can that be true?
Would it be wise to buy a laptop and leave it on most of the time to record TV shows?
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In addition, the main reason I need a new computer is that I am buying Adobe's Creative Suite 5: Master Collection which lists some demanding specs that I'll list below. I haven't seen any laptops that have sound cards to go with the software that can manipulate audio files.
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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection Requirements
http://www.adobe.com/products/creati...on/systemreqs/
Windows:
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The bottom line is that I only get 1 license so this computer I buy has to last. I figured if I was going to get such a system, it would be nice if it also let me output tv programs/movies/mp3s to my TV and stereo.
Where do I start? I can't even decide if I should go with a laptop or a desktop. If anyone can help me get started, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance,
Mary
Several years ago, I was told that you don't want to leave your laptop on all day long just to record TV shows because the heat will kill your processor.
I need a new computer system and want to record TV shows to ditch my cable DVR and assumed that I should get a desktop that can stay on all day/night. To my surprise, a friend who works in IT said that laptops are able to stay on all the time and mentioned that many hospitals are purchasing laptops that stay on all the time.
Can that be true?
Would it be wise to buy a laptop and leave it on most of the time to record TV shows?
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In addition, the main reason I need a new computer is that I am buying Adobe's Creative Suite 5: Master Collection which lists some demanding specs that I'll list below. I haven't seen any laptops that have sound cards to go with the software that can manipulate audio files.
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Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection Requirements
http://www.adobe.com/products/creati...on/systemreqs/
Windows:
- Intel® Pentium® 4 or AMD Athlon® 64 processor (Intel Core™2 Duo or AMD Phenom® II recommended); Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Phenom II required for Adobe® Premiere® Pro ((I prefer an intel i series)
- Processor with 64-bit support required for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects®
- Microsoft® Windows 7
- 64-bit edition of Windows 7 required for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects (video editting software)
- 2GB of RAM (4GB or more recommended)
- 1280x900 display (1280x1024 recommended) with qualified hardware-accelerated OpenGL graphics card, 16-bit color, and 256MB of VRAM
- Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance in Adobe Premiere Pro; visit the Adobe Premiere Pro system requirements page for the latest list of supported cards
- Some GPU-accelerated features in Adobe Photoshop® Extended require graphics support for Shader Model 3.0 and OpenGL 2.0
- Some features in Adobe Bridge rely on a DirectX 9–capable graphics card with at least 64MB of VRAM
- 7200 RPM hard drive for editing compressed video formats; RAID 0 for uncompressed
- Adobe-certified card for capture and export to tape for SD/HD workflows
- OHCI-compatible IEEE 1394 port for DV and HDV capture, export to tape, and transmit to DV device
- Sound card compatible with ASIO protocol or Microsoft Windows Driver Model
- DVD-ROM drive compatible with dual-layer DVDs (DVD+-R burner for burning DVDs; Blu-ray burner for creating Blu-ray Disc media)
- Java™ Runtime Environment 1.6 (included)
- QuickTime 7.6.2 software required for QuickTime and multimedia features
- Adobe Flash® Player 10 software required to export SWF files and to play back DVD projects exported as SWF files
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The bottom line is that I only get 1 license so this computer I buy has to last. I figured if I was going to get such a system, it would be nice if it also let me output tv programs/movies/mp3s to my TV and stereo.
Where do I start? I can't even decide if I should go with a laptop or a desktop. If anyone can help me get started, I would really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance,
Mary
