Laptop Configuration - Drive setups?

8string

8string

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For editing out in the field, I've purchased a i5 laptop to run Vegas on. While I understand that I should get an eSata for my clips, if I do run the clips on the laptops 500 GB drive, along with Vegas and the the OS, what setting would be best to optimize that? I have a desktop that runs the OS on one drive, Vegas on a second and the clips on a third, which works fine. I assume some degradation of the video on the laptop given contention with the OS & Vegas but want to setup the best settings possible. If stock settings are fine, then ok, but if there is some way to optimize it then I'd like to do that.

Thanks in advance.
 
You can get a multiple hard drive setup for a laptop, but it'll cost you. Same thing with a SSD that will be big enough for your needs.

Just go with nothing less than 7,200 RPM and that's about as well as you can get.
 
Whatever the setup, there won't be degradation of video. Some setups may perform faster than others, but the video quality won't change.
 
Thanks, yes, I assume I'll be needing at least one external portal eSATA for field use with this, to allow me to drive the video without contention (meaning jerkiness). Quality seems fine though.

I ended up with the Samsung R580 which I like very much (for a Windows machine). A bit large, at 15" but I didn't want to try editing with anything smaller. Nice to have a number pad on the keyboard and the speakers, to my ears, are fine for a laptop. At least on par with MacBook Pro speakers, IMHO, which seem to be about as good as I've heard.
 
Yeah, you can get ExpressCard adapters for eSata, but having a port already in your laptop is a nice convenience.
 
8string said:
I have a desktop that runs the OS on one drive, Vegas on a second and the clips on a third, which works fine.
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Is it recommended practice to separate the OS and Vegas? I'm organized a bit different than you on my desktop. I have:

Drive 1 - the OS and applications on C: partition, user data including Vegas projects on E: partition

Drive 2 - source media

Drive 3 - render media

I also have a new laptop (i7) for field editing with a single 500GB drive, but don't have enough experience with it yet to provide any recommendations there.
 
You're not going to get a benefit from having it on a different partition on the same disk. You'll get a slight benefit by having your applications on a different disk than the OS, but it's only worth it if you mind the hassle.

My setup involves a 150GB 10,000 RPM drive for the OS and apps, then a second 500GB drive for my projects (probably need to go to 1TB for that one before too much longer).
 
subtleinspiration said:
You're not going to get a benefit from having it on a different partition on the same disk. You'll get a slight benefit by having your applications on a different disk than the OS, but it's only worth it if you mind the hassle.

My setup involves a 150GB 10,000 RPM drive for the OS and apps, then a second 500GB drive for my projects (probably need to go to 1TB for that one before too much longer).
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I think you mean I'm not going to get a performance benefit from having it on a different partition. I do get a nice benefit when it comes to backing up my system. I make an image backup of the c: partition every week. I make incremental backups of my entire system every night. By putting the os and programs on their own partition I can very quickly do a comlete image restore of my OS/programs without overwriting changes to any of my Vegas projects.
 
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