- Aug 2, 2014
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Hi everyone,
I have a dilemma. 3 days before the start of film school my trooper Chromebook's battery died. I knew I needed a laptop for the first day of classes (projects start immediately and they don't provide computers or software) so I ran out to Best Buy to try out some option and ended up with a Surface Pro 4. Long story short, I had to switch that surface out for another after a plethora of issues, and this new one has problems too, and at best, doesn't really fit my needs all to well. So essentially, I am asking for help sifting through the hundreds of laptops available to find one that has:
I know this is a lot to ask, and I'm really not sure it's possible so thanks for any help. It should also be noted that I have a really powerful editing desktop (i7 6700k, 32gb DDR4, 980ti), but I obviously can't bring that to class. That being said, I don't really need to something that will export, it just needs to run the Premiere timeline smoothly without freezing up. If it helps, here's an amazon list with some that I've found: http
/a.co/0yvXjVe
Thanks again
I have a dilemma. 3 days before the start of film school my trooper Chromebook's battery died. I knew I needed a laptop for the first day of classes (projects start immediately and they don't provide computers or software) so I ran out to Best Buy to try out some option and ended up with a Surface Pro 4. Long story short, I had to switch that surface out for another after a plethora of issues, and this new one has problems too, and at best, doesn't really fit my needs all to well. So essentially, I am asking for help sifting through the hundreds of laptops available to find one that has:
- Good Battery Life (Greater than 6 hours with decent load like photoshop or premiere)
- Fast processor (i5 or i7) preferably Skylake
- At least 128gb of storage (I have a 4tb external drive)
- On that same note, an SSD
- Good build quality/ low chances of breaking within the time I own it
- 13-15" FHD or UHD screen, maybe touchscreen
- Good keyboard for notes
- Under $1500 (most manufacturers have a student discount program that will remove $150-300 off of the price so it needs to end up around $1200)
- A discrete GPU for video editing (let me know what you think on this one, I'm not sure)
I know this is a lot to ask, and I'm really not sure it's possible so thanks for any help. It should also be noted that I have a really powerful editing desktop (i7 6700k, 32gb DDR4, 980ti), but I obviously can't bring that to class. That being said, I don't really need to something that will export, it just needs to run the Premiere timeline smoothly without freezing up. If it helps, here's an amazon list with some that I've found: http
/a.co/0yvXjVeThanks again
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