Anyone tried a Centrino at DVinfo.net

Neil Fisher · September 6th, 2003, 11:55 PM

Has anyone tried editing on a notebook with a Centrino. I've been looking at the hp nx7000 and Compaq x1010. Do then handle huge cpu loads well?

Neil Fisher · September 14th, 2003, 10:50 AM

really no one has tired one???

Imran Zaidi · September 14th, 2003, 11:15 AM

I have an Acer TravelMate 800. I primarily do editing on my desktop workstation, but I have done some editing on this thing, in both Premiere and Vegas. It has a 1.3Ghz Pentium M (Centrino) which is supposed to equal the performance of a 2.4Ghz standard Intel.

It does perform really well though my onboard hard drive is a 5400RPM and I wish it was a 7200. But 7200 isn't all that common in laptops. This laptop has one firewire port and 4 USB 2.0 ports, so hooking up external drives is easy as pie.

I wouldn't be as concerned about the CPU as I would be about the other parts of the system you get, and the LCD screen quality and resolution.

So yes, my 1.3 Centrino is plenty good enough to edit with. I chose the Acer Travelmate because of its excellent price point, its large screen and resolution, the slightly curved keyboard, and its phenomenal battery life. Plus it has a CD/CDR/DVD ROM, S-Video out, and is very thin and attractive, and runs pretty cool for a laptop.

The only thing I would change about it is the speed of the hard drive, but that's probably mostly only because I know it's a 5400 and psychologically that annoys me ;0.

Also, I bought is several months ago. I think prices have dropped so I'd go for the 1.5 now if I was getting it now.

The URL in case you're curious about this particular Centrino...

http://www.acer.com/APP/AKC/INTERNET...C?OpenDocument

Neil Fisher · September 16th, 2003, 01:42 PM

thanks that exactly what I needed to hear :)

September 6th, 2003, 11:55 PM	#1
Neil Fisher Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Saskatoon SK Canada Posts: 136	Anyone tried a Centrino Has anyone tried editing on a notebook with a Centrino. I've been looking at the hp nx7000 and Compaq x1010. Do then handle huge cpu loads well? __________________ neilfisher.com

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September 16th, 2003, 01:42 PM	#4
Neil Fisher Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Saskatoon SK Canada Posts: 136	thanks that exactly what I needed to hear :) __________________ neilfisher.com

September 14th, 2003, 11:15 AM	#3
Imran Zaidi Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 1,315	I have an Acer TravelMate 800. I primarily do editing on my desktop workstation, but I have done some editing on this thing, in both Premiere and Vegas. It has a 1.3Ghz Pentium M (Centrino) which is supposed to equal the performance of a 2.4Ghz standard Intel. It does perform really well though my onboard hard drive is a 5400RPM and I wish it was a 7200. But 7200 isn't all that common in laptops. This laptop has one firewire port and 4 USB 2.0 ports, so hooking up external drives is easy as pie. I wouldn't be as concerned about the CPU as I would be about the other parts of the system you get, and the LCD screen quality and resolution. So yes, my 1.3 Centrino is plenty good enough to edit with. I chose the Acer Travelmate because of its excellent price point, its large screen and resolution, the slightly curved keyboard, and its phenomenal battery life. Plus it has a CD/CDR/DVD ROM, S-Video out, and is very thin and attractive, and runs pretty cool for a laptop. The only thing I would change about it is the speed of the hard drive, but that's probably mostly only because I know it's a 5400 and psychologically that annoys me ;0. Also, I bought is several months ago. I think prices have dropped so I'd go for the 1.5 now if I was getting it now. The URL in case you're curious about this particular Centrino... http://www.acer.com/APP/AKC/INTERNET...C?OpenDocument