Best Laptop For HD video editing and longevity!

Sean Patrick

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Jun 7, 2014
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Hi all,

I've been frantically searching for the perfect laptop to take travelling and use to produce my travelling videos filmed on my GoPro Hero 3. I will be producing videos in 720. While this will be the laptops primary function, it will be used day to day for general use. It would also be nice to think it'll last us for a few years. It will not be used for gaming. The only intensive work that will be carried out on the machine will be video and photo editing.

I'm a little confused about what will make the most difference between a better processor and a better graphics card/integrated graphics. I have managed to narrow it down, after other considerations have been taken into account, price being a huge factor, to the following laptops:


This is our favourite at the moment and we'd be happy with this if we were sure it would be possible to do decent 720 and occasional 1080 video editing. The processor is my big concern. Do people feel this will be able to handle the job (even if it's a little slow)

Lenovo Flex


The other is this G510. Looks great to me but I'm concerned about the integrated graphics being able to handle high quality video editing. I'm new to producing videos in HD and I'm not at all sure if this will be an issue?

Lenovo G510


Our wildcard entry is the following, based mainly on a nice price tag. Would this be able to handle these tasks?

HP Pavillion


So all in all, I'm asking firstly, which would be the best for the job. Secondly, of the other two, would they be able to handle the job at all, at a manageable speed? Especially the Flex! :)

Thanks in advance for your help with this. I've reached a limit to my understanding and I'm grateful to be able to borrow from yours.


QUICK EDIT:

Have just found this Asus, which at first glance seems like it may be the best of the bunch and strangely enough, the cheapest?

Asus