That desktop is off because when it's on, it gets very loud. It's got three fans. I
can't take the desktop with me to any other room. I cannot even take it with me
when I travel. I need a laptop. I had a laptop here but that one is dead and
even if that would work, I can't even do video editing on it. Now the question is,
what laptop do I need for video editing? Let's talk about that.
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no one Universal laptop which is suitable for everything. Some of them are
super light which are excellent for travel and then you've got some of them
which are a little bit bulkier, which can actually replace your desktop. I
personally want something which I can take with me when I'm staying in Europe
or I can take with me on a location or around the house. It doesn't have to be
super light because I'm not gonna be hiking with it. You know what, let's just
go through all the technical requirements, all the specs, all the
numbers so you understand what those numbers mean and then you can
choose the laptop you want according to your budget. Let's start with the whole
body of the laptop and eventually get in.
Something to consider when you're choosing your laptop is the material it
is made of. If you're gonna be traveling a lot or carrying it with you or hiking
even with it, then you probably want something like a mixture of carbon and
aluminum because it's gonna be very durable just in case you're gonna drop
it, it's probably not gonna break. If you're gonna be buying a laptop which is gonna
be sitting just on your desk, it's gonna replace your desktop, then you can get
away with probably just an aluminium or hard plastic cause you're not gonna be
moving it much and it's probably gonna be also cheaper.
When you're editing video, you might want to go with larger screen with accurate
colors, so 17 inch screen is probably much better than 15 inch screen. If
you're using your laptop as a sort-of desktop and it's sitting on the table,
another option is to literally hook up an external monitor. For travel, obviously
you want a very long-lasting battery but don't let those numbers when you're
buying a laptop fool you because if you gonna be just be browsing the internet
or you're gonna be typing and stuff like that,
the battery will last for a long time but if you're gonna be doing heavy usage
such as video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro, the battery life will be simply
shorter. You might want to do battery life tests to know how long the battery
will actually last. The older laptop you will have, the battery will eventually go
so if you have a laptop where you can swap batteries, bonus. Let's look at the
side of the laptop on the ports. If you are a photographer or videographer, look
for a laptop these days which has Thunderbolt. It is a fantastic feature
which allows you to connect multiple things to it such as USB, Ethernet,
external graffic card, SD card reader, little hyperdrive which has everything.
Besides a thunderbolt, you also want to have at least 3.0 USB port for data
transfer and also SD card reader. My camera uses SD cards.
How much RAM memory do you need? If you're gonna be just doing full HD video
editing, basic video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro, then you can get away with
16 gigabytes. If you are gonna be working with 4k, you might want to go a
little bit higher with 32 gigabytes. If you're gonna be doing 3d or working in
Adobe After Effects, then it's highly suggested to go even higher, 64 gigabytes.
Although, there is not much difference between ddr4 and ddr3, it is suggested to
go with ddr4. Most of the laptops now have ddr4 because it is more future
proof and it also uses less power which allows better overclocking. Do you need
GPU or graphic cards and what is the difference? What is it anyways? Graphic
cards is a whole hardware, it is the whole thing. GPU is just a chip, it's a part of
the graphic card. If you're gonna be doing just regular video editing, it's
not really that much important but if you gonna be doing rendering or if you're
gonna be doing special effects, then the GPU will start to make things a lot
faster, so yeah, it is important. You need it.
When it comes to storage, it will be nice to have at least 256 gigabytes but that
of course depends on your budget or my budget. You can always add external hard
drive to it. What is important for video editing is performance. For Full HD, you
want quad-core. For editing 4k, it is recommended to go with 6 or 8 core
processor. So quad processor running as 2.5 gigahertz or faster will give you
optimal performance. I hope this video gave you an idea when it comes to buying
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