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j santos
Preamble:
I was looking for some help on a system configuration to do some very light
video editing - mostly direct conversion from VHS/Hi8 to DVD. I've done some
school project work on my desktop before, which is:
Athlon 800MHz
128MB RAM
32MB graphics adapter.
The project turned out ok, but pixelated becuase I was only running USB1.1.
Now, I recently purchased a notebook with the following specs:
Athlon XP-M 2200
512 MB RAM
40GB HDD
shared video RAM
USB 2
I have the option to upgrade within a week to a system with an 80GB HDD and
DVD+/-RW. The laptop upgrade would cost me around $200.
Questions:
1)Will the upgraded notebook be able to handle light video editing? Or is
the shared video RAM not enough?
3) Can my PC handle to job with some minor upgrades?
2) Which would be more economical: the PC upgrade or the notebook upgrade?
3) What is a good low (not bottom) end configuration for this type of work?
Either solution, I know I'll have to buy capture hardware and another very
large HDD.
Thanks!
I was looking for some help on a system configuration to do some very light
video editing - mostly direct conversion from VHS/Hi8 to DVD. I've done some
school project work on my desktop before, which is:
Athlon 800MHz
128MB RAM
32MB graphics adapter.
The project turned out ok, but pixelated becuase I was only running USB1.1.
Now, I recently purchased a notebook with the following specs:
Athlon XP-M 2200
512 MB RAM
40GB HDD
shared video RAM
USB 2
I have the option to upgrade within a week to a system with an 80GB HDD and
DVD+/-RW. The laptop upgrade would cost me around $200.
Questions:
1)Will the upgraded notebook be able to handle light video editing? Or is
the shared video RAM not enough?
3) Can my PC handle to job with some minor upgrades?
2) Which would be more economical: the PC upgrade or the notebook upgrade?
3) What is a good low (not bottom) end configuration for this type of work?
Either solution, I know I'll have to buy capture hardware and another very
large HDD.
Thanks!