Good Video Editing Laptops

[JoonesBP]

Long Story:

I do a lot of after effects based work, actually 99% of what i do on a computer is in AE, my pc is slow and can't really run AE, meaning my workflow is heavily slowed down when doing anything intensive in the program. I'm still in college so I need to have two lives easily combined into a laptop. One being note taking, researching and writing essays, the other being heavy video editing or animation. My budget is anything equal to £1000 (Approx $1310) or lower, but for the right components i am willing to push a little bit higher than my budget. I don't want a bulky gaming laptop deal where the fat bastard barely fits in my bag, i would much rather a laptop with the sleek design of a Surface or XPS 15, without the price. I would also like it to have a dedicated GPU (literally just an MX150 and im happy) so that i can load up a few less intensive games. I have done some looking and so far the best option i have found is the Dell Inspiron 17" 2-in-1 7000 laptop but in Linus' video he said the CPU wasn't great, so any better suggestions and i am all ears, thank you in advance :)

Short Story:

• Need Video Editing Laptop
• Must Have Dedicated GPU (MX150 is enough)
• Must be able to cope with fairly intense editing in after effects (Nothing more than amatuer level)
• Must have 12GB ram minimum
• Would much prefer SSD over HDD
• Budget of £1000 ($1310) or less, can go a little over
• Current best: Dell Inspiron 7000 7" 2-in-1
• Needs to be sleek, non gaming laptop like design
• Battery isn't really a problem, college has chargers

 

PS: I am aware this is a lot to ask, but this forum has done some miracles before for me, thanks for any suggestions in advance :)

[Firewrath9]

if you can stretch 70 pounds, this has a GTX 1060, an SSD + HDD, and 16GB of ram.

https://www.dell.com/en-uk/work/shop/laptops/vostro-notebook-7580/spd/vostro-15-7580-laptop/N3402VN7580EMEA01_1905

 

you can save 8 pounds by not using a backlit keyboard, and 5 by not having the touch sensor thing. and also save 25 by using windows 10 home instead of pro.

[Super Spartan]

24 minutes ago, JoonesBP said:

Long Story:

I do a lot of after effects based work, actually 99% of what i do on a computer is in AE, my pc is slow and can't really run AE, meaning my workflow is heavily slowed down when doing anything intensive in the program. I'm still in college so I need to have two lives easily combined into a laptop. One being note taking, researching and writing essays, the other being heavy video editing or animation. My budget is anything equal to £1000 (Approx $1310) or lower, but for the right components i am willing to push a little bit higher than my budget. I don't want a bulky gaming laptop deal where the fat bastard barely fits in my bag, i would much rather a laptop with the sleek design of a Surface or XPS 15, without the price. I would also like it to have a dedicated GPU (literally just an MX150 and im happy) so that i can load up a few less intensive games. I have done some looking and so far the best option i have found is the Dell Inspiron 17" 2-in-1 7000 laptop but in Linus' video he said the CPU wasn't great, so any better suggestions and i am all ears, thank you in advance

Short Story:

• Need Video Editing Laptop
• Must Have Dedicated GPU (MX150 is enough)
• Must be able to cope with fairly intense editing in after effects (Nothing more than amatuer level)
• Must have 12GB ram minimum
• Would much prefer SSD over HDD
• Budget of £1000 ($1310) or less, can go a little over
• Current best: Dell Inspiron 7000 7" 2-in-1
• Needs to be sleek, non gaming laptop like design
• Battery isn't really a problem, college has chargers

 

PS: I am aware this is a lot to ask, but this forum has done some miracles before for me, thanks for any suggestions in advance

I'd get one of these, they are a great bang for the buck as the specifications are very high and they're discounted now. Just upgrade the RAM when configuring it to what you want:

 

Custom Built MSI GP73 Leopard 8RE-609 17.3" w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

Custom Built MSI GP63 Leopard 8RE-602 15.6" w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

[Firewrath9]

9 minutes ago, Ultra Male said:

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he said it should be sleek, the intake vents for the cooling fans kind of ruin that.

[genexis_x]

Preferred max weight in kg/lbs? Need high sRGB display?

[JoonesBP]

On 2/1/2019 at 4:44 AM, GeneXiS_X said:

Preferred max weight in kg/lbs? Need high sRGB display?

As long as i can carry the thing, weight isn't a problem, and as long as sRGB is fairly high it should be decent as i do a little bit of graphic design but not to a professional level

[JoonesBP]

On 2/1/2019 at 12:47 AM, Ultra Male said:

I'd get one of these, they are a great bang for the buck as the specifications are very high and they're discounted now. Just upgrade the RAM when configuring it to what you want:

 

Custom Built MSI GP73 Leopard 8RE-609 17.3" w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

Custom Built MSI GP63 Leopard 8RE-602 15.6" w/ nVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060

Its good specs but i would much rather a sleek design, production not gaming laptop

[genexis_x]

CyberpowerPC Tracer III 15 Xtreme VR (TongFang GK5CN67) with 144Hz IPS - a bit flashy

PCSpecialist Recoil II (TongFang GK5CN5Z - 1050TI) - a bit flashy

Lenovo Legion Y530 81FV00FRUK

[fingerjcp]

I'd save a bit more and get a XPS 9570 with the 6 core i7... it's around 1300£... you could even find one with refurbished pakaging on ebay for 1050£... Its sleek thin and very powerful...