Proprietary hardware for Vegas?

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Marianne

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Hey guys,

How does this sound for a system to run Vegas on? Dell Inspiron 8500 with a Pentium m 2.0 GHZ, 512 Ram, 40 gig HD. Kosher?

And since I need external storage, can I run a desktop drive through one of the USB 2.0 ports and use the native firewire port to capture from my camera at the same time?

I got a line on this notebook with a 2 year warranty and some really nice accessories to go with it for $800 and dont want to let it get away, so any help ASAP would be appreciated. Thanks.

Marianne
 
Not bad but you might want to at least bump the ram up to at least 1 GIG and Purchase a couple of huge hard drives. 40 Gigs will do nothing for you.
 
Hart studio,

If I get a G raid for video storage, say, 300 gig for video storage, would the internal 40 be good enough for the software and project files? Would USB connectivity be alright for the video clips? I would have to have the camera hooked up via firewire and there is only one firewire port on this guy's laptop.
Thanks.

Marianne
 
Yes that would all work fine. You can use external USB2 drives for capture/edit. Even 512mb of RAM would be okay. 40mb of internal hard disk for the programs, OS etc. is all fine as well.
 
Thanks Barry. I have yet to get a camera. Most likely it will be a DVX, but I want to know how well Vegas handles 24p footage from this camera, ie, the "film look" it produces. I am considering an Avid program, but of course Vegas seems to be the most cost effective and give the most bang for the buck. But how well Vegas handles the film look issue is most important. Again, thanks.
 
Your vegas software and other apps are the only thing that you should have on your C drive. You want your project video files on a very fast fairly large drive. Your .VEG files can be anywhere. Using USB is fine but firewire is faster. Use whatever you can afford.

Vegas depends on the CPU heavily. The faster the CPU the faster the render. Your hard drives need to be fast as well. The key to speed is fast CPU, Fast Memory, and fast HD. Spend your money in these 3 areas and you will come up with a winner.

Bus speed is also a major player, the faster the system bus speed the faster all these components can talk to each other.

Your laptop will be fine just as it is.
 
Marianne said:
Most likely it will be a DVX, but I want to know how well Vegas handles 24p footage from this camera, ie, the "film look" it produces.
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Vegas has by far the best integration for 24p. It handles the 24p footage from the DVX natively, intuitively, intelligently, and properly. It is a perfect match for the DVX.
 
I would try to get more RAM though. It'll keep things from getting too sluggish. If you can afford it, grab more RAM. Peace.
 
Thanks guys.

I lost out on that laptop, but am considering a new one with an Athlon 64. Still don't know about the choice between Vegas or Avid though. Choices, choices.

Marianne
 
Marianne said:
Thanks guys.

I lost out on that laptop, but am considering a new one with an Athlon 64. Still don't know about the choice between Vegas or Avid though. Choices, choices.

Marianne
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Well if it helps you make the choice - I understood Vegas intuitively after first hour of use (even though I am not, and never will be, a Vegas master - editing is just not my interest).

I spent two afternoons on Avid, and hated every minute of it. It's done with professional editors with mind, people who have no life outside of editing suite (gosh, they might actually go out and shoot a movie :shocked: !). It may have more features than vegas in the end (I don't know), but it sure is not for indie filmmakers like us.

Unless you want to become professional editor, get Vegas.

J.
 
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