Laptop Editing Help?

[father_ted9t9]

Hi Everyone,

I Am thinking about buying the following system for use with the new Avid DV Xpress pro software and was wondering does anyone have a similar system running this, or does anyone see any probs(Apart from HDD and Memory) with the system for running such software.

Thanks

Mick

* CPU Bus Speed: 533MHz
* CPU Family: Intel Pentium 4-M
* CPU Speed: 3060MHz
* L2 Cache: 1024KB
* Processor Number: 532
* Screen Res. Type: WXGA
* Screen Resolution: 1280 x 800Pixels
* Screen Size: 15.4ins
* Screen Type: TFT
* Battery: Lithium-Ion (8 cell)
* Battery Life: 1.5Hours
* Electrical Frequency: 50 to 60Hz
* Electrical Power Available: 160W
* Electrical Voltage: 100 to 240VAC
* Power Adaptor Output: 20VDC
* Power Supply: External Universal AC Adaptor
* Certifications: CE Marking ò Energy Star
* Pointing Device: Touchpad (2 Button)
* Audio Line In Ports: 1
* DC Power: 1 x DC In
* Headphone Ports: 1
* IEEE 1394 (Firewire) Port: 1
* Infrared Port: 1 x Fast Infrared Port
* Microphone In Port: 1
* Modem Port: 1 x RJ-11
* Parallel Ports: 1
* Removable Flash Memory Media: 1 x 4-in-1 card reader supporting Secure Digital, SmartMedia and Memory Stick formats
* RJ-45 Ports: 1
* S-Video Port: 1
* USB Ports: 3 x USB 2.0
* VGA Port: 1 x 15-pin VGA
* Maximum RAM: 1024MB
* Memory Bus Speed: 333MHz
* Memory Size: 256MB
* Memory Slot: 2 (1) x SODIMM
* Memory Type: DDR SDRAM
* Modem: 56 Kbps data (V.90)
* Modem Interface: Integrated
* Chipset: SiS 648 + SiS SB 963
* Integrated Modem: Yes
* Integrated Network: Yes
* Integrated Sound: Yes
* Integrated VGA: Yes
* PCMCIA Slots: 1 x Type I/ II Cardbus
* Network Card Data Link Protocol: Ethernet
* Network Card Speeds: 10/100MBps
* Network Interface Options: Integrated
* RF Network Standard: IEEE 802.11g
* Wireless Network Speed: 54MB/s
* CD-R Write Speed: 16X
* CD-ROM Read Speed: 24X
* CD-RW Write Speed: 8X
* DVD+R Write Speed: 2.4X
* DVD+RW Write Speed: 2.4X
* DVD-ROM Read Speed: 8X
* Optical Drive Type: DVD+R/RW
* Depth: 26.9cm
* Form Factor: Notebook
* Height: 3.58cm
* Weight: 3.6kg
* Width: 35.8cm
* Integrated Microphone: Yes
* Sound Device: AC/97 Audio CODEC
* Speakers: 2 x Integrated Stereo speakers
* Hard Disk Interface: IDE
* Hard Disk Size: 40GB
* Security: User and supervisor password ò Kensington lock support
* Video Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
* Video Card Interface: AGP 8X
* Video Card Maximum Resolution: 1600 x 1200Pixels
* Video Card Memory: 128MB


Thanks

[mrtristan]

Although you already mentioned it, 40Gigs really isn't much room for storing and editing DV footage. After formating and installing your OS and programs, that'll only leave about 30Gigs of useable storage space.

[father_ted9t9]

Yes I Know that mrtristan, i have 2 external 250gig firewire drives and also it comes with 80gig hard drive, But thanks anyway, just really want to find out if otherwise it will run ok

[Red96TA]

I don't see why it wouldn't work for you. I do editing on my laptop with an Athlon 64 3200 with 512mb and it works just fine. If you plan on doing your encoding on the machine as well, you might want to get Motherboard Monitor just to keep track of the temperatures. My desktop cpu warms up while encoding in VV5 and sometimes crashes.