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Portable Editing Power
DV warrior on the Road or
editing using laptop.
Today's laptops have become the true workhorse of a road warrior. The evolution of these machines is happening at an ever increasing pace. The hi-end laptops often equal and sometimes even surpass the capabilities of the desktop. This article attempts to give an overview of today's technology , and what to look for when buying a laptop to do video editing.
Interface and storage
When editing video the first two things you will need are an interface port and disk space. lots of disk space.
The
first comes in the form of either a Firewire port or a USB 2.0 port, the
second in the form of hard disk space inside the machine. If the laptop
does no feature a firewire or UB 2.0 port you can always add these provided
you have a free PC-card slot ( sometime called PCMCIA )
Most of the laptops today come with a so called combo drive. A combination of CD recorder and DVD player. The first laptops with a DVD recorder, although very expensive, are available too.
Memory and cpu
Video card
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