High end laptop - $3.000

[Joao77]

Hi!

I am about to buy a new laptop and was wondering which one to choose...

I will use it mostly for image / video editing and stock trading (big excell spreadsheets). And ocasonally some gaming

My doubt is weather I should choose something heavy like the pro-star which comes with a desktop processor (http/www.pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=productdetail&model=P570WM)

Or something lighter with a mobile processor (http/www.pro-star.com/index.cfm?mainpage=productdetail&model=P158SM-S)

Does anyone knows how faster the first system would be due to the desktop processor versus the one with the laptop processor (imagine everything else the same)?

Thanks for the help!

 

[JackNaylorPE]

ProStar sells a fine product, I have bought many of them. However due to inadequate service and warranty support I had to switch vendors and now buy all our laptops from lpcdigital.

I use mine as a CAD machine and it handles AutoCAD 2014 just fine. I rarely get an opportunity to game on it but when I do, it does just fine. I would say the mobile processor would serve you well and I can through side by side comparisons that there is no perceivable difference between ones with a SSD + HD and the ones with the hybrid SSHD (Seagate Momentus XT)

For video editing, Id suggest The P170SM (Base Price $1376 "cash" / $1419 credit):
http/www.lpc-digital.com/sager-np8270-special.html

17.3" Full HD LED AUO B173HW01 V.4 90% NTSC 1920 x 1080 Gloss type $100.00
30 day Guaranteed no dead or partially-lit pixels - FREE UPGRADE! $0.00
NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 770M 3GB GDDR5 Memory - SPECIAL! $0.00
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz) $0.0
IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU $35.00
16GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 2 X 8GB - FREE Upgrade Special! $0.00
Samsung® 256GB SSD 840 PRO Series $195.00
750GB 7200rpm SATA 300 Hard Disk Drive $80.00
6X Blu-ray Reader/8X DVD±R/2.4X +DL Super-Multi Drive - SPECIAL! $0.00
Killer™ Wireless-N 1202 with Bluetooth 4.0 (Dual Band) - Special! $0.00

Total is $1,829 credit.....$1,774 cash

Ya have lotta room in ya budget so could go for GFX upgrade
NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 780M 4GB GDDR5 Memory $350.00

Or two of them in SLI for $2900 or so... configured as above.
http/www.lpc-digital.com/sager-np9380.html

Dont forget to ask for the MAX discount
http/www.lpc-digital.com/notebook-review-members-military-and-student-discounts.html

 

[lightsong]

I can't stand having a bulky heavy laptop that I have to carry around so I would look at something more lightweight. These come in under 6lbs but have a high quality mobile GPU which is going to be fine for what your doing. Lenovo y510p, Asus N550JV, GIGABYTE P25W,
MSI GE60. You can customize those on xoticpc site if you want to spend extra money (put in a SSD instead of spinning HD for example).

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Ya want real estate for video editing and that kinda screams 17" ....that's gonna pull the weight up....15" high end system w/ big GFX and comouting capability will have a copper heat sinks, active cooling which add weight. 15" models with same capabilities are 5.5 - 7.0 points but anything at 17" w/ allotta oomph gonna get ta in the 7.5 - 9.0 pound range when all is said and done.