Which Notebook for Video Editing?

[DaviDaVinci]

I'm looking for notebook for Sports Video Analysis (comparing tennis strokes for my clients). It'll also be used for some Photoshop work. My main requirements are.

Bluetooth
Wireless N
Widescreen (12"-14" preferred if even possible, I'll be traveling with it)
Long Battery Life (at least 4 hours)
HDMI Output (so I can show the videos on HDTV's)
DVD Burner
Firewire port (mini or full)

My problem is I don't have a big budget ~ $1000

Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: DaviDaVinci
I'm looking for notebook for Sports Video Analysis (comparing tennis strokes for my clients). It'll also be used for some Photoshop work. My main requirements are.

Bluetooth
Wireless N
Widescreen (12"-14" preferred if even possible, I'll be traveling with it)
Long Battery Life (at least 4 hours)
HDMI Output (so I can show the videos on HDTV's)
DVD Burner
Firewire port (mini or full)

My problem is I don't have a big budget ~ $1000

Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.

You may want to consider the white plastic macbook.

13" widescreen, good battery life, wireless n, bluetooth, full 6 pin firewire port, MiniDVI (which can be converted to HDMI) port, DVD burner, 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo, and 2GB RAM by default.

$999 as configured

 

[DaviDaVinci]

Given that I've never owned a Mac before, how long do you think it would take for me to get used to one? I rather have a normal PC but if Mac does a much better job then PC given the same price I might consider it for sure. Any other options?

 

[TheStu]

If you make sure to only use the Mac and allow for there to be differences... give it 2 weeks, 1 month tops to really be comfortable with all the ins and outs (and very probably start despising certain windows-isms)

However, the hardware supports Windows, so you can always just dump OS X (not my advice) and put Vista or 7 on there.