Dear all,
I own a nikon D750 and a Garmin Virb. Both can record full hd footage.
With my old laptop I used “Pinnacle” with files no bigger than 720p. Now it is moment to get a new laptop that I want keep for long term, at least until when I will change all my equipment.
I’m looking for a notebook, better with 4K 15,6” screen, able to manage well footage Full Hd/4K and picture RAW (~20-25 MB).
I’m not professional user but I would learn Adobe Premiere, Avid or some other software which is more suited to my tastes.
I read somewhere that a notebook for Premiere is optimized differently from one for Avid, Is it true?
Furthermore I’d like to make some small special 3D effect with After Effects.
Finally I use Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom for photo editing.
I read many things (many confusion) on line and in your forum and more or less I have an idea what I should buy. Right now I’m in China for work I found some laptop that I can get but I need some expert confirmation.
Below I show also the Chinese price just to have an idea about the cost. I hope this can help you to give me the right feedback or to provide me some other model because I grope in the dark and I don’t know which way to turn!
I can buy a Retina 15” MacBook Pro at RMB 21,086 with:
• 2.8GHz Intel Core i7，Turbo Boost 4.0GHz
• 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
• PCIe 512GB
• Intel Iris Pro Graphics and 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
• G-Technology 1TB G-Drive Mobile Thunderbolt USB 3.0
Sincerely I don’t want learn a new OS, I don’t like policy of Apple and some software that I use sometimes for my “real job” are not for Apple. I should use windows emulator and it's not worth the hassle.
I really like the new Alienware 15 because of QHD Display at RMB 21,999, very expensive if is compared to USA version but this version use better components.
– Intel® Core™ i7-4710HQ Processor (Quad-Core, 6MB Cache, up to 3.5GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
– 15.6 inch UHD (3840 x 2160) IPS-Panel TrueLife 350-nits Display with Touch Technology
– NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 4GB GDDR5
– 16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2x8GB)
– 512GB m2.80 NGFF TLC SSD + 1TB 5,400 HDD
I know it is big, heavy, noisy and heat. My doubt is, if i7-4710HQ is powerfull enough.
Do you think this Alienware could be fit to my needs? Is it worth the risk to buy?
Another crucial point is about the GPU. I understood that people still are going to GTX instead of Quadro for editing Video because of CUDA. I believe if I use all software from Adobe I should not have any issue about speed of rendering, but someone suggest to look Dell M4800 or HP ZBook 15 G2.
From MSI I found a laptop thin and light (about 2 kg) laptop, unfortunately it has a poor battery.
MSI GS60 2QE-215CN - 16000 RMB
• Intel® Core™ i7-4710HQ Processor
• Nvdia GTX970M GDDR5 3G
• 15.6” 3K IPS, I found no information on line about the quality of this screen.
• 2x128 super Raid + 1T 7200
• 16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2x8GB)
In China I discovered a brand looks like Alienware. It is Terrans Force. It produce gaming laptop with cost quite good but high power. I have never heard about them and I don’t know about the quality of assembling and the screen.
X599-970M-47 with monitor 3K - RMB 18000
• Intel Core i7-4790 desktop 4.0GHz
• 16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2x8GB)
• 256 SSD + 1 TB HDD
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 6GB
• 15.6"WQHD+ (2880×1620)
From Terrans Force with screen Full HD.
X611-880M-48SH1 - RMB 20000
• I7-4800MQ 2.7 GHz, Turbo Boost 3.7GHz
• 32GB (8GB x 4)
• 128 G SSD x2 + 1 TB 7200 HDD
• GTX 880M 8GB
• 15.6" FHD PPI 141
X611-980M-48SH1 – RMB 20000
• Intel Core i7-4810MQ
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 8GB
• 16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2x8GB)
• 128G SSD×2 1TB HDD ×1
• 15.6" FHD PPI 141
I hope that this very small research can help you.
Last thing and thanks if you are reading this sentence. Is it worth to take a 4k screen?
Thanks in advance.
I own a nikon D750 and a Garmin Virb. Both can record full hd footage.
With my old laptop I used “Pinnacle” with files no bigger than 720p. Now it is moment to get a new laptop that I want keep for long term, at least until when I will change all my equipment.
I’m looking for a notebook, better with 4K 15,6” screen, able to manage well footage Full Hd/4K and picture RAW (~20-25 MB).
I’m not professional user but I would learn Adobe Premiere, Avid or some other software which is more suited to my tastes.
I read somewhere that a notebook for Premiere is optimized differently from one for Avid, Is it true?
Furthermore I’d like to make some small special 3D effect with After Effects.
Finally I use Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom for photo editing.
I read many things (many confusion) on line and in your forum and more or less I have an idea what I should buy. Right now I’m in China for work I found some laptop that I can get but I need some expert confirmation.
Below I show also the Chinese price just to have an idea about the cost. I hope this can help you to give me the right feedback or to provide me some other model because I grope in the dark and I don’t know which way to turn!
I can buy a Retina 15” MacBook Pro at RMB 21,086 with:
• 2.8GHz Intel Core i7，Turbo Boost 4.0GHz
• 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM
• PCIe 512GB
• Intel Iris Pro Graphics and 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
• G-Technology 1TB G-Drive Mobile Thunderbolt USB 3.0
Sincerely I don’t want learn a new OS, I don’t like policy of Apple and some software that I use sometimes for my “real job” are not for Apple. I should use windows emulator and it's not worth the hassle.
I really like the new Alienware 15 because of QHD Display at RMB 21,999, very expensive if is compared to USA version but this version use better components.
– Intel® Core™ i7-4710HQ Processor (Quad-Core, 6MB Cache, up to 3.5GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
– 15.6 inch UHD (3840 x 2160) IPS-Panel TrueLife 350-nits Display with Touch Technology
– NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 980M with 4GB GDDR5
– 16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2x8GB)
– 512GB m2.80 NGFF TLC SSD + 1TB 5,400 HDD
I know it is big, heavy, noisy and heat. My doubt is, if i7-4710HQ is powerfull enough.
Do you think this Alienware could be fit to my needs? Is it worth the risk to buy?
Another crucial point is about the GPU. I understood that people still are going to GTX instead of Quadro for editing Video because of CUDA. I believe if I use all software from Adobe I should not have any issue about speed of rendering, but someone suggest to look Dell M4800 or HP ZBook 15 G2.
From MSI I found a laptop thin and light (about 2 kg) laptop, unfortunately it has a poor battery.
MSI GS60 2QE-215CN - 16000 RMB
• Intel® Core™ i7-4710HQ Processor
• Nvdia GTX970M GDDR5 3G
• 15.6” 3K IPS, I found no information on line about the quality of this screen.
• 2x128 super Raid + 1T 7200
• 16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2x8GB)
In China I discovered a brand looks like Alienware. It is Terrans Force. It produce gaming laptop with cost quite good but high power. I have never heard about them and I don’t know about the quality of assembling and the screen.
X599-970M-47 with monitor 3K - RMB 18000
• Intel Core i7-4790 desktop 4.0GHz
• 16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2x8GB)
• 256 SSD + 1 TB HDD
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 6GB
• 15.6"WQHD+ (2880×1620)
From Terrans Force with screen Full HD.
X611-880M-48SH1 - RMB 20000
• I7-4800MQ 2.7 GHz, Turbo Boost 3.7GHz
• 32GB (8GB x 4)
• 128 G SSD x2 + 1 TB 7200 HDD
• GTX 880M 8GB
• 15.6" FHD PPI 141
X611-980M-48SH1 – RMB 20000
• Intel Core i7-4810MQ
• NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M 8GB
• 16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2x8GB)
• 128G SSD×2 1TB HDD ×1
• 15.6" FHD PPI 141
I hope that this very small research can help you.
Last thing and thanks if you are reading this sentence. Is it worth to take a 4k screen?
Thanks in advance.
/www.clevo.com.tw/clevo_prodetail.asp?id=738&lang=en. Many company like EUROCOM, XMG, PC Specialist, SCAN ....etc. use the CLEVO as base and then there is the possibility to customize. This model in particular can have a 4K QFHD 3840x2160; IPS; Glossy; 1000:1; NTSC 72%; sRGB 100%; Backlight WLED; eDP from SHARP.
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