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MovedGoalPosts · 27-03-2011, 13:02

I'm looking for some recommendations.

Firstly I have no money available so cost is a big issue. I've just spent far more than I wanted on the camera setup. Weight is also an issue for travelling.

I hope to be taking lots of underwater HD video. I'd then be bouncing around on a large boat with a lot of time to look at it and do some editing into a more finished article. OK so I have the main PC at home so I can always redo stuff later in a more professional manner, but I'd like to be able to do a first run whilst I am away.

I'll need a reasonable sized Hard Drive to store the original and then have a copy for the editing. I'd think 250GB would be a minimum? Over the course of a week I might do something like 20 dives each of which could create say 4GB of footage recorded onto SD cards.

Screen size can be quite small, after all portability and weight are more critical. Similarly battery life isn't a biggie as I can always plug in to something. Indeed, if editing I'd expect I'd be chewing through the battery reserves.

I accept that the laptop, due to price, would be underpowered for the editing, but provided it will actually edit then OK. I suspect that this rules out a netbook, but would it?

27-03-2011, 13:02	#1
MovedGoalPosts Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: 127.0.0.1 Age: 62 Posts: 15,868	Cheap, Lightweight, Portable, Laptop for Video Editing? I'm looking for some recommendations. Firstly I have no money available so cost is a big issue. I've just spent far more than I wanted on the camera setup. Weight is also an issue for travelling. I hope to be taking lots of underwater HD video. I'd then be bouncing around on a large boat with a lot of time to look at it and do some editing into a more finished article. OK so I have the main PC at home so I can always redo stuff later in a more professional manner, but I'd like to be able to do a first run whilst I am away. I'll need a reasonable sized Hard Drive to store the original and then have a copy for the editing. I'd think 250GB would be a minimum? Over the course of a week I might do something like 20 dives each of which could create say 4GB of footage recorded onto SD cards. Screen size can be quite small, after all portability and weight are more critical. Similarly battery life isn't a biggie as I can always plug in to something. Indeed, if editing I'd expect I'd be chewing through the battery reserves. I accept that the laptop, due to price, would be underpowered for the editing, but provided it will actually edit then OK. I suspect that this rules out a netbook, but would it?