Laptop for editing digital content

[TarfHead]

I'm in the market for a new laptop. The principal task I'll need it to carry out is to convert Hi8 camcorder tapes to digital & then burn to DVD. The laptop I currently use for this is not suitable - the conversion process takes too long.

I am asking for advice on ..

• what type of processor I should look to be included, e.g. how does one differentiate between a

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5450 (1.66 GHz, 667 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2 cache)

and a
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Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)​

• Also, I assume that the speed of the hard drive is relevant, for I/O and caching. Apart from the amount of storage, what attributes should the hard drive have for supporting video editing ?

 

[Technologist]

Also, I assume that the speed of the hard drive is relevant, for I/O and caching. Apart from the amount of storage, what attributes should the hard drive have for supporting video editing ?

Video editing is always slow.

A laptop is not ideal as it uses slow drives to save power.

Think desktop with two high-speed hard drives, one with the source file and the other with the destination file. Ideally the video editing drives should be separate physical drives from the the OS & software drive, this avoids contention and fragmentation. If you want to get extreme, use a RAID array. Speed costs.

If you must use a laptop, consider, as the second drive, using an external ESATA drive connected directly to the SATA bus or using an adaptor.

Use good software and make sure to have plenty of RAM.

 

[aircobra19]

Does it need to be a laptop?

Hard drive speeds are important.

You can get laptops with fast RAID drives.

Getting the fastest CPU will be the priority for video stuff, then ram then HD speeds.

 

[TarfHead]

Thanks Folks