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My parents are looking for a new laptop for my brother and me, I was thinking I could use it to render videos while I use my pc to make them to increase efficiency, do any of you guys know a bang for the buck laptop that has well, relatively good specs for the price?

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4 minutes ago, WhatComesAround said:

I was thinking I could use it to render videos while I use my pc to make them to increase efficiency

Not only will it be slower than your desktop (unless your desktop has like a Pentium), you'll have quite a time transferring files back and forth. It'll get annoying really quick.

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13 minutes ago, HPWebcamAble said:

Not only will it be slower than your desktop (unless your desktop has like a Pentium), you'll have quite a time transferring files back and forth. It'll get annoying really quick.

I know... but I don't have much of a choice, I render videos using rockstar editor and can't be rendering a video using premiere pro at the same time, so I wouldn't mind having a laptop do some of the work even if it takes longer. I'd like to ask if it would be possible to link the two for faster transfer speeds, I have a lan able laying around but I know nothing about networking, I don't use lan but instead use a USB connected wifi adapter. Do you by any chance know how I could achieve greater transfer speeds?

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3 minutes ago, WhatComesAround said:

I know... but I don't have much of a choice, I render videos using rockstar editor and can't be rendering a video using premiere pro at the same time, so I wouldn't mind having a laptop do some of the work even if it takes longer. I'd like to ask if it would be possible to link the two for faster transfer speeds, I have a lan able laying around but I know nothing about networking, I don't use lan but instead use a USB connected wifi adapter. Do you by any chance know how I could achieve greater transfer speeds?

Linus did a video a while ago about transfer speed, but to increase it significantly you need a gigabit Ethernet card.

 

Your best bet is probably a USB 3.0 drive

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A gaming PC for your budget: $800 - $1000 - $1500 - $1800 - $2600 - $9001

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