17" or 15.4" Notebook for editing

scharky

scharky

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I am looking for either a new notebook PC for on the road editing (vegas user).
I want to keep it under 2 grand but I wanted to find out the pros and cons of the 17" VS the 15.4" (both widescreen)
Places to buy are also welcome. I am looking for something with at least 1 gig of ram and a full (desktop proc) no pentium "m's" here.

Thanks for the advice.
 
Re: 17" or 15.4" Notebook for editing

I've been reading quite a bit, and can anyone tell me what kind of performance difference I can expect from a mobile proc rather than a full fledged P4 or Athalon 64?
Thanks again
 
Re: 17" or 15.4" Notebook for editing

For portablity I would say the 15". I have a 17" and its cool, but Its not very portable. I wish I had the 15"
 
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When editing it's good to have a good amount of screen space though... otherwise you can strain your eyes...

I would recommend an ASUS laptop... many of the other companies resell ASUS laptops under their own company name... they just have ASUS parts in them...

There's absolutely no difference when it comes to processing speed on a desktop computer with a P4 and a laptop computer with a P4... the different lies in the speed of the RAM and the motherboard. The RAM speed on a desktop can get quite high and as long as the rest of the computer can keep up with it, it increases performance dramatically... thing is, the average user can't tell the difference...

Get a solid laptop with a strong video card (many laptops lack in the multimedia department) and one that won't overheat... for mobile editing you're going to want a chunkier laptop that's more bulky but will be able to cool itself better and run for longer periods of time... the mobile ultra-thin laptops are mainly designed for short use at a time such as word processing or for longterm desktop use (heat dissipates faster when on a flat table)... you can quickly burn out a thin laptop when using video editing because of the constant spinning of the harddrive and the large amounts of processing power used...

Thin laptops are mainly used for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, minor multi-media... the chunkier ones are the ones designed for video editing... they're chunky for a reason other than being packed with a lot of power...
 
Re: 17" or 15.4" Notebook for editing

Thanks all for the responses. Thinspirit, currently I am editing with a dual monitor setup, so I am worried about not having enough screen space with the 15.4in wide screen. however, when I look at the numbers, and battery life, and extra price, it seems hard to justify that extra inch & 1/2. Has anybody edited on a 15.4in widescreen?
 
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the 15 inch widescreen is better than a regular 15 inch screen... something about the way we perceive the spacing on the screen... it being widescreen will seem bigger than a standard 15 inch...

The battery life might be something worthwhile to look into, although if you're using your laptop for extended periods of time it should really be plugged in somewhere regardless...

That extra space always helps... you have to weigh the cost to benefits... will you be able to work better if you have to strain your eyes less because things on the bigger screen will be easier to look at? Or will the price for the bigger screen cost much more and my eyes don't strain when looking at a smaller screen...
 
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