Posted: 12/15/2013 7:11:40 AM EDT
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Have done most of my edition of pictures and video on a machine that is:
CPU 2.4 GH, 4 Gig Memory on Windows XP This is about 5 years old and thinking about upgrading to a better machine and a laptop instead of a tower. Not interested in dishing out another $1k for a new machine but have seen some pretty good deals for about $450. They would be for an i3 or i5 (64-bit) with Windows 7 or 8 and 4-6 Gig of memory. My questions is how much performance improvement would I obtain with editing of photos and movies with one of these newer yet relatively inexpensive laptops. |
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Have done most of my edition of pictures and video on a machine that is: CPU 2.4 GH, 4 Gig Memory on Windows XP This is about 5 years old and thinking about upgrading to a better machine and a laptop instead of a tower. Not interested in dishing out another $1k for a new machine but have seen some pretty good deals for about $450. They would be for an i3 or i5 (64-bit) with Windows 7 or 8 and 4-6 Gig of memory. My questions is how much performance improvement would I obtain with editing of photos and movies with one of these newer yet relatively inexpensive laptops. You would see some improvement , but how much depends on certain factors. For example most (if not all) photo/video editing software can take advantage of multi core processors, so you would see a greater improvement with a quad core processor compared to a dual core processor. I'm not sure why you want a laptop over a desktop since you will get much more for your money with a desktop. |
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I am currently running with a quad cord.
Not sure exactly of the motherboard and would have to research. Based simply on the age, I highly doubt it could be upgraded to any of the latest processors. The laptop is preferred simply do to space as well as having the ability to easily lock up the laptop. |
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I am currently running with a quad cord. Not sure exactly of the motherboard and would have to research. Based simply on the age, I highly doubt it could be upgraded to any of the latest processors. The laptop is preferred simply do to space as well as having the ability to easily lock up the laptop. Then you will want to stick with a quad core computer. Ever consider a small form factor desktop, with a kensington lock slot? |
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Noticed the newer laptops even with i5 processor are single or dual core on those specially priced ones.
Will have to spend closer to $1k to get the multi core processor. Even with the lock there is still the issue of space. Might was well stick with my quad core for another year or so. |
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Noticed the newer laptops even with i5 processor are single or dual core on those specially priced ones. Will have to spend closer to $1k to get the multi core processor. Even with the lock there is still the issue of space. Might was well stick with my quad core for another year or so. That may be the best option. |
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if its between an i3 and an i5
i5 hands down you want those extra cores if u r serious about editing then either the laptop is going to go up to 2k or u r going to stick to a tower at 1k serious editing we should be talking about i7's at a min really should be xeon hexa's just sayin but in your budget for a laptop plz go for at least an i5 |
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OP, look around for an HP envy dv7-7023CL
It comes with an A8-4500 AMD quad core chipset, with a Radeon 7460G GPU. 17.3" screen too. I bumped mine up to 16GB of RAM, and added a SSD (has two drive bays). I paid < $500 for the laptop, $80 for the RAM and $90 for the SSD. The performance of this over my old Dell (which was a 64bit dual core with 3GB of RAM) is like night and day. I have no issues with lag in PS6 or LR5. Plus, it has HDMI out so you can run a second monitor. |