Best XPS M1210 Setup for Video Editing?

I'm looking for a portable laptop that works well for video editing.


What I've built on the dell website:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5600
2GB Dual Shared Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
100GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive
256MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ Go 7400 TurboCache



Is this a good setup for video editing on adobe premiere pro?

Does it really help to get a faster processor?


I'm considering the E1505 instead (budget reasons) with:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5600
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM
100GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory


Suggestions?
Thanks!

 

Yes it helps to get a faster processor but it depends upon you if the extra bucks is worth the (slightly?) faster encoding time. RAM helps too and 2GB is very good.

With my Sony I can encode an entire DVD to Divx or something else in about 4 hours -- for a reference.

 

your config looks good, you might want to get the cheapest ram config you can, or just 1 one gb stick, and purchase the rest elsewhere, Dell jacks ram prices to a great degree. The t5600 is good for encoding, the 4MB cache with the t7000 series wont have much of an impact if any for that application

 

lol adding 4GB of RAM to an XPS = $4000.

Cheaper many other places.

 

With all dell build to order systems, you will save a good bit of money by upgrading your ram aftermarket, another suggestion would be to look in the outlet, those systems have the same warranty and support options as newly ordered. I got the system in my sig for under $1000 US shipped.

 

Not to undermine the research that you've done, because I'm sure that you've done research, but are you sure you want to edit on a 12" laptop? Though it is very portable, not only is it a bit heavy (5 lbs I believe), but editing on a 12 inch screen is pretty tough.

I have a 15.4" E1505 which I edit on and I remember when I wanted a smaller laptop. Now that I've actually experienced it, I couldn't imagine going anything smaller than 14", and that's still pushing it a bit.

It's just the timeline gets incredibly small and I feel like there's barely any room to look at many of my imported clips, pics, titles, etc., Not only that, the preview windows for the timeline and clips are already very small in my opinion. This makes it tough for me to pay attention to detail when I'm previewing my clips.

 

Thanks for all the feedback!

I think I'm going to get the E1505 with:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5600
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM
100GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 HyperMemory


Funk A Dunk, you're right.. editing on a 12 inch would be painful!

Cheers