Thanks for the feedback, Neil -- choices, choices, indeed. I'm not sure I'll have that much choice in graphics cards. I'm just thankful that an ultrabook even has one. I assume I'll be able to tweak the Premiere card file to make Premiere work with whatever is there.
Mike Boom At 11:40 PM 2/8/2013, BEDFORD NEIL wrote: >Hi Mike, > >That Asus seems OK, but the RAID 0 (striping) still won't give you an awful >lot of room for editing, but it WILL be fast for normal use! >Windows7 and CS6 alone will devour 64GB of this space, not sure about >Windows 8 though. > >Depending upon which SSD's they use, you could find they bottleneck with >the inbuilt compression. Normal applications will be fine, but when moving >lots of HD video around, the compression can cause 'issues', although AVCHD >files should be OK. >If you were to swap out the drives for ones like the Sandisk Extreme 480GB, >which is recommended for use in the Hyperdeck Shuttle, this has no >compression and even alone, out performs most of that capacity. >I have one in the editing rig which is more than enough for storage and >another in an Acer laptop, which boots from a cold start to usable in 8 >seconds :-) > >Whatever you get (there are a LOT of good choices out there nowadays), >spend a bit extra and make sure the display IS 1990 X 1080, as the >manufacturers sometimes dazzle you with other features. > >However, if you can find a device with the GeForce GTX 680MX, that has the >maximum CUDA cores in a mobile unit (1536), and may be a lot better for >rendering than RAID 0 SSD's in the long run or a faster processor. > >Choices choices.... > >Good luck! > >Neil. > >On 9 February 2013 06:43, Mike Boom <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > I'm looking to replace my monstrously large old laptop that I used to > > use for editing video in the field with a new ultrabook that I hope > > will shed many pounds and still give me a nice bright 1080p display > > for working with video. And if it runs Premiere Pro, so much the better. > > > > Has anyone on the list used Premiere on an ultrabook? How was the > > experience? Any recommendations? > > > > I'm looking for an ultrabook with a 15" screen and 1080p resolution > > along with enough graphics firepower to at least display 1080p AVCHD > > footage from my Canon XA10 without stuttering. The one that's caught > > my eye is the Asus Zenbook UX51V: > > http://blog.laptopmag.com/top-10-ultrabooks?slide=10. > > > > I suppose I might also fall back into the Apple camp and go for a > > Macbook Pro to run Premiere. I used a Mac for 16 years, then decamped > > in 2000 for Windows when clients demanded it. Anyone with experience > > running Premiere Pro on a Macbook Pro? > > > > Thanks for any feedback, > > > > Mike Boom > > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
