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    5110HX good for video editing?

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by snippity, Mar 12, 2004.

  1. snippity

    snippity Newbie

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    Love this site! I am thinking of buying a 5110HX and one of the things I will be doing is video editing (ie transferring family videos off my Sony miniDV camcorder via firewire). I am wondering if the 5110HX would be a good choice for this? With the DVD burner it makes a very attractive buy but I am not sure if the video side is fast enough to handle it? Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Is anyone doing this with theirs?

    It is a great little machine for the price.The only other downsides that I could see were the poor speakers which would mean headphones and the 801b wireless instead of 801g.

    Thanks, Nick.
     
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  2. Barry J. Doyle

    Barry J. Doyle Notebook Geek NBR Reviewer

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    Hi Snippity,

    I am a total advocate for great machines at great prices. The Averatec 5110HX is a perfect option for many uses, however three of its components concern me in regard to using this model for video editing. First of all, the RAM is PC2100 DDR, which will not provide the same performance as PC2700 found in models geared towards video editing. Second, the integrated Intel Extreme Graphics chip is a real weak spot for heavy rendering tasks such as video editing. And in final, unless you must get the mega-battery life that the Intel M chip offers, I would go for a standard Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor-based notebook for your needs. May I suggest the new eMachines 6807 64-bit Athlon based notebook with a powerful ATI Radeon dedicated video chip and DVD burner. This machine would be just right for your needs at a great price just slightly above the Averatec. You will have a much better experience working with this machine for video!

    Barry J. Doyle
     
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  3. snippity

    snippity Newbie

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    Thanks Barry for your very helpful comments. It was the shared video that I was worried about but was not sure if it was a problem. I will be following up on your notebook suggestion and will now try to find out where they are available in Nova Scotia where I live. Cheers, Nick
     
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