almightygoodgod
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Hello all
I'm going to be purchasing a new laptop this weekend, unfortunately I'm not going to have any longer to make a decision as I need it for a work trip next week.
Predominantly it is going to be used for work (general office tasks) and web browsing but I will be doing the occasional bout of video editing.
I have a GoPro Hero 6 and record plenty of videos when we go away as a family or do some other sort of activity so I would be wanting to edit in 4k (using Powerdirector) probably every 1-2 months. My main concern is that the programme won't crash, I'm not too bothered if it takes a while to export at the end as I won't be editing often.
The specs of the laptop are HP Envy 13, i7 (8th gen), 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD and Intel UHD Graphics 620.
There is a higher spec model that comes with 16GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce 150 but that would cost me about an extra £200. If it's the case that I won't be able to edit on the lower spec machine then I'll get the upgraded model, otherwise I'll get the cheaper model as it is hard to justify the extra cost just to speed up a process I'll be doing less than 10 times a year.
Any guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
I'm going to be purchasing a new laptop this weekend, unfortunately I'm not going to have any longer to make a decision as I need it for a work trip next week.
Predominantly it is going to be used for work (general office tasks) and web browsing but I will be doing the occasional bout of video editing.
I have a GoPro Hero 6 and record plenty of videos when we go away as a family or do some other sort of activity so I would be wanting to edit in 4k (using Powerdirector) probably every 1-2 months. My main concern is that the programme won't crash, I'm not too bothered if it takes a while to export at the end as I won't be editing often.
The specs of the laptop are HP Envy 13, i7 (8th gen), 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD and Intel UHD Graphics 620.
There is a higher spec model that comes with 16GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce 150 but that would cost me about an extra £200. If it's the case that I won't be able to edit on the lower spec machine then I'll get the upgraded model, otherwise I'll get the cheaper model as it is hard to justify the extra cost just to speed up a process I'll be doing less than 10 times a year.
Any guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!