Laptop for editing - Help needed

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mikcheck

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Hello guys.

What do you think about this for a laptop with the principal purpose of editing (premiere and AE).

17.3"
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 2GHz
16 GB RAM
AMD Radeon R9 M265X 4GB Dedicated
2TB
Price: 1698 USD

or this one

15.6"
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 2.5 GHz
16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
GTX 860M 4GB DDR5
256 GB SSD
Price: 2150 USD

Since i dont have much understanding about computers, i would like to know if each one of those are good for editing and if the second it's much better than the first?

Thanks a lot!
 
The one on the top has a larger screen, which is very helpful for editing, though less helpful for portability.

It has the slower processor, which is less helpful for editing. Generally, you want the fastest/best processor you're able to get.

Neither video card is listed as supported:

http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/system-requirements.html

But that may be an outdated list, and either video card MAY still work, anyway. (Note: if the card isn't supported, both Premiere and AE will still work fine; you just won't get the advantage of GPU acceleration).

Is there a $450 difference between the two? Without knowing more, it's hard to say.
 
Thank you for your reply.

Yes i guess that at least most of NVIDA cards are compatible with Premiere and AE.

Another one that is cheaper than those:

17.3''
Intel core i7-4710HQ 2.5GHz
16 GB RAM
NVIDIA Geforce GTX850 4 G
1 TB+256 SSD
Price: 1697 USD
 
If you are on Adobe CC the good thing is with a strong graphics cards you can now use OpenCL instead of the CUDA optimization. If I was purchasing either of those two, I'd go for the 15" - more portability, SSDs are amazing technology, and obviously faster processors.
 
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