ASK & DISCUSS INDEX

8 years, 2 months ago - John Lubran

Apples or oranges?

Was a time when it mattered and Macs were the only option, but that was during the middle ages! We have a ten year old Dell laptop only just recently upgraded with new drives and operating system. It was good enough for real time HD editing with Premier then and even more capable now. With a Mac you know exactly what you're getting and you pay extra. With PC's they're a bag of bits so one needs to know what bits are in it. Everything has to be top notch and compatible. Our old Dell was top of their range at the time and has proven to be a powerful and capable work horse. Never let us down so far.

8 years, 2 months ago - Andrew Ionides

Thank you John. Have been recommended this Dell model, Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming so I might check it out.

8 years, 2 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin

To be honest, a Mac is a PC with different makeup - it's the same chipset, same components, and you generally get a perfectly decent upper-mid-range computer for a premium price. If you spend similar money you'll get a bit more PC than Mac (you're not contributing to expensive ad campaigns), so I'd suggest that route and bolstering the RAM, graphics card, and SSD.

Fact is I can edit perfectly well on a machine that cost me a few hundred quid. SSD is the single biggest improvement you can give a machine - use it for the operating system and software, not captured footage (put that on an external USB3 drive).

8 years, 2 months ago - Sergio Mendes

look for things like dedicated graphics ram, usually gaming laptops are the best choices. Good Luck!

8 years, 2 months ago - Andrew Ionides

Thanks Sergio. I got a new Dell laptop especially for gaming so that's reassuring to hear