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Please choose between 3 laptops - Thanks

by Jul 26, 2016 4:45AM PDT

I am looking at 4 computers and would love your advice..
I use Camtasia for video editing my drone and gopro videos - music and lots of files..
1) Laptop / 2016 4K UHD 3840x2160 IPS / Quad i7 16GB 512GB SSD Toshiba S50T-C 15.6" Touch Laptop / 2GB Total Intel HD Graphics / i7-4720HQ Processor / $AU $1,594.00
2) FLIP / 2016 4K Ultra HD 3840x2160 IPS / i7 16GB 512GB SSD Toshiba Satellite Radius 15 P50W-C 15.6 Laptop / i7-5500U processor / Mobile Intel® HD 5500 Graphics $AU $1,864.00
3) 16GB 512GB SSD Asus Zenbook 6th i7-6500U 13.3" QHD 3200 x 1800+ Touch NVIDIA GeForce 940M with 2 GB DDR3 VRAM Laptop UX303UB /
4) Laptop / 2016 6th i7-6700HQ Toshiba 16GB S50T-C 15.6" 4K UHD Touch nVIDIA GTX 950M 4GB Laptop for $AU $1,964.00
Question - Am I just paying $186 more for a flip / tent laptop with the first 2 / because the CPU benchmark test is better for the 4720Q
Question - Is there any difference that I would notice with watching movies or video editing between the 4 laptops
Question 3 - The Zenbook is light at 1.4kg packed with all the goodies 8hr battery life but is it too small for watching movies and video editing

I have links if you need to see more info

Thanks for all your advice
Steve

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1. That price varience
by Forum moderator Jul 26, 2016 7:53AM PDT

Moves with time and sales. I doubt it's what you think it is. So no.

2. I'm going with yes. I have many laptops at the office and each vary a bit on experience. For 9 out of 10, they play movies just fine.

3. That's not a question.

Final observation. Those 4K displays. Did you know the GPUs can't get 30 or more frames per second to the pixels? We're not there yet for GPU power so my advice is to stick with 1080p unless you can live with lags in some apps.

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Lagging when I edit movies ?
by healthybuddha Jul 26, 2016 8:17AM PDT

Thanks for your reply - I want to edit my gopro movies with final cut - do you this these laptops will still lag?

Ta

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Yes.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 26, 2016 1:14PM PDT

I'm going with just yes. 4K or to be precise takes a lot more GPU power to get say 60FPS. This is why, most of the time you run the video at 1080 and let the GPU do a hardware upscale. I have to be short on this because... the web.

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