I have a Toshiba Satellite L355. Granted its a couple years old now, but with a dual-core AMD Turion and 3gb RAM(http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/retail-product.jsp?poid=431238), I thought I would be able to play my Canon 7d videos? 1080p 30fps or 720p at 60fps, it doesn't matter it stutters awful! Using Quicktime, it shows the 1080p videos playing at 15fps!! :lol: Is it the ATI graphics card that is letting it down or is it just an outdated processor etc? I did a test at Best buy in playing a 1080p video off youtube and looking at the processor and ram used. Almost all were working from 10-15% cpu. I went home and mine is using 90%+
Are there any laptops under $600 that could play and edit HD vids? I've been looking and "building" some Cyberpower desktops, but I would much rather have the mobility of the laptop. I know a laptop won't replace a desktop as a workstation, but video editing isn't a career of mine. If it took a few extra minutes to render that would be fine. As long as I could even watch the videos PERIOD I would be happy! My Dad just bought an decent priced ASUS and played the 7d vids just fine.
Thanks anyone
Are there any laptops under $600 that could play and edit HD vids? I've been looking and "building" some Cyberpower desktops, but I would much rather have the mobility of the laptop. I know a laptop won't replace a desktop as a workstation, but video editing isn't a career of mine. If it took a few extra minutes to render that would be fine. As long as I could even watch the videos PERIOD I would be happy! My Dad just bought an decent priced ASUS and played the 7d vids just fine.
Thanks anyone