Bill_K 0 #1 August 5, 2009 What think ye fellow video editors of these specs? Going to buy a new laptop and have something spec'd out. Already know and use Vegas and plan to stick with it. So this question is purely about what do you other guys who use Vegas on a regular basis think. Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme Mobile Processor QX9300 (2.53Ghz, 12MB L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB) (Quad Core) 8GB DDR3 System Memory 640GB 7200RPM SATA Dual Hard Drive (320GB x 2) - I already have and use external drives for my perm storage. These would just be for editing and rendering. Finished products get stored externally. Vista 64 Bit, which will get tweaked on quite a bit to get as much out of it as I can. I'd rather have XP, but I don't have it and don't want to spend the $$ to get it. Thoughts? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #2 August 6, 2009 looks like a pretty good system. You'll actually appreciate 64 bit, even though there are still a few minor bugs with Vegas 64 bit and some drivers. It's FAST. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
antonija 0 #3 August 6, 2009 Get Win7 instead of vista. Much lower resource hog.I understand the need for conformity. Without a concise set of rules to follow we would probably all have to resort to common sense. -David Thorne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Icon134 0 #4 August 6, 2009 Quote Get Win7 instead of vista. Much lower resource hog. That's a great idea however it hasn't actually been released yet... he should however be able to upgrade to Win 7 when it is released if he buys a new computer soon... Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill_K 0 #5 August 6, 2009 Quote Quote Get Win7 instead of vista. Much lower resource hog. That's a great idea however it hasn't actually been released yet... he should however be able to upgrade to Win 7 when it is released if he buys a new computer soon... I hit the submit button on the order last night. Part of the package was a free upgrade to 7 when it comes out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brian2207 0 #6 August 6, 2009 You can download Windows 7 Release candidate for free until the 20th. RTM is out if you've got connections. There was an offer to pre-order the final version for half price, but it may have expired. Both 32 and 64 bit versions are available. I've been using the release canidate and beta versions for a few months on all my computers. Even in beta it has far fewer bugs than vista. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill_K 0 #7 August 6, 2009 Are you running Vegas and related programs on Windows 7? Any issues? I can tweak the crap out of Vista and get the performance up. I'm a little hesitant to put 7 on a brand new system until there is a little more stable product on the market as well as vendor support from companies like Sony for Vegas and Cinescore, etc. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
