How well will this laptop be able to handle Premiere CS5?

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brandonanthony1

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Hi all, I have been looking some time now for a decent laptop to edit with. I finally have come across a deal which I really don't want to pass up, as I think it will do very well. however, I'd like the opinion of my colleagues to see if this will be able to do everything I need it to.

Basically, I will be shooting 100% on the T2i, and editing in Premiere CS5. The config I have is below:

-Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
-2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
-NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M 1GB graphics with Optimus
-6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
-640GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
-15.6 FHD B+RGLED TL (1920x1080) and Skype-Certified 2.0MP HD Webcam
-8X Tray Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)

Will I be looking at any kind of problems? I want to be able to scrub real time, that's a big issue for me.

Let me know, thanks!!
 
Shold work pretty well on that laptop.
Some of the older workstations here don´t have half the umph but are still useable with CS5.

Frank
 
Which laptop is it? I'm also looking for one to handle CS5.
The Toshiba Qosmio X500 was the one I was aiming for (as it had a full 1080p HD display, plus BluRay rewriter, CUDA support etc).
 
I'd go with Windows 7 Professional. Home is limited in the amount of memory it can support, and 6 GB is a little low.

Also, make sure the graphics card has DEDICATED memory, preferably GDDR5.

You'd also do well to find a model with two internal drives. Three really is the minimum recommendation for editing, but I don't think anyone makes a laptop with three internals. To combat that, make sure the Laptop has an eSATA port so you can connect the third drive.

In this day and age, I'd make sure to get a Blu-ray burner as well, instead of DVD.

Skip the web cam, they only cause issues.
 
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If you try to do all your editing on the same drive as your system drive, you'll probably have problems. These will include but not be limited to:

1) Skipping video
2) Limitation in # of audio and video tracks
3) Premature wear of hard drive

If you can add a second drive, that would be grand. As the above guy mentioned, two is basically the minimum. Three is better: one for system/programs, one for video and one for audio, or two in a stripe set for video/audio. If your laptop can take two drives, and has an e-Sata port, then you're all set.

Also, you might find 15.6 inches (is that what it is?) is a little small, if I read that right. 17" or more would be better.

If that's all you have to edit with, you might want to consider a desktop system, unless that's not possible. i7 processor, 12 GB of RAM and and NVidia Geforce GTX470 would be ideal. The Dell's graphics card (the GT525M) is not supported for RT effects.

You could put together a desktop like that for about $1600.00 including a 24" 1920x1080 monitor and 2 x 1.5TB 7200 rpm hard drives.
 
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I actually am going to purchase a bay that switches the DVD to an HD bay. I'll be using that as my scratch disk, and throwing an SSD for all the programs. 15'' is fine for now. I'll be traveling a lot and going to need something that can edit T2i footage exclusively well. The 525m should be able to use mercury because of the hack, right?

As far as playback and real-time editing, am I looking at any kind of skipping?
 
brandonanthony1 said:
As far as playback and real-time editing, am I looking at any kind of skipping?
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A regular hard disk would be fine as your system/program disk. An SSD would be great if you can get one with enough capacity :) Check on some adobe premiere forums to make sure your 525m works with the hack. This site seems to have some info: http://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm

Note that even without Mercury acceleration you would still have realtime playback, but effects & colour correction, etc. wouldn't be realtime.

If your second disk is 7200 rpm minimum, you should be able to play back the H264 files fine from the T2i.
 
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