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Will this notebook be as fast as a desktop?

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slackerinabox

Lifer
So I ordered a laptop so that I can work away from a desk a bit (working at a cafe or in a park for instance). I'm also thinking about building a new desktop PC for editing but, if this will really be as fast I wouldn't bother. Are laptop components up to their desktop counterparts? I was thinking that the HD might be a bottleneck (if it's 5400rpm or next) but I was thinking I could get a firewire hd. Anyways, here are the specs. Will it be basically comprobable to a pc? I would say that i'll just wait but delivery isn't until 10 days.

Main use- video editing, no gaming

Notebook:
Processor:
2.2GHz Athlon 64 3400+ with Hyper Transport Technology up to 1600 Mhz, 1MB L2 Cache
Hard Drive:
80 GB hard drive
1024 MB DDR PC2700
DVD +/- RW multi-format, double layer.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2
15.4" ultra bright TFT (WXGA)
6-in-1 digital media manager
Integrated ATI X200 graphics
802.11g integrated wireless (up to 54Mbps)
Touch pad with vertical scroll zone
Stereo speakers, microphone in, headphone/audio out
1 Type I or Type II PCMCIA Card Bus
4 USB 2.0, 1 VGA external connector, 1 IEEE 1394 FireWire, 1 RJ11 and 1 RJ45 port
56K ITU V.90 fax / modem
10/100 Mbps built-in Ethernet
8-cell Lithium-ion battery
Model #: 7110GX
Measures approx. 14.0"L x 10.4"W x 1.6"H
Comes with a manufacturer's 1 year limited warranty
 
just to let you know that internal hard drive will be faster than that firewire drive. Firewire is only 400mb/s (unless its the 800 version) if you're going to get an external get a USB2 drive 480mb/s. A little faster but MUCH more versitile plus you can capture to it when you have your DV camera using your firewire port.

Edit: along these same lines... my boss thought that fire wire was faster than SCSI... I had to hold back from laughing in his face, it was pretty bad. Hes a mac user so I guess its understandable as hes definately brain washed.
 
Originally posted by: Quasmo
just to let you know that internal hard drive will be faster than that firewire drive. Firewire is only 400mb/s (unless its the 800 version) if you're going to get an external get a USB2 drive 480mb/s. A little faster but MUCH more versitile plus you can capture to it when you have your DV camera using your firewire port.

Edit: along these same lines... my boss thought that fire wire was faster than SCSI... I had to hold back from laughing in his face, it was pretty bad. Hes a mac user so I guess its understandable as hes definately brain washed.
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USB 2.0 it is. Thanks! I was leaning that way but, you're right, a mac owning friend tried to convince me to go with F.W.
 
I think in any case its best to buy an enclosure and a regular drive...that way if you find out an external is useless at one point, you can pop it back into your pc and take advantage of the real speed it offers.
 
Firewire is better than USB 2.0 is doesn't use CPU cycles like USB. not to mention its transfer speeds are higher even though USB 2.0 is rated higher.
 
Originally posted by: Quasmo
just to let you know that internal hard drive will be faster than that firewire drive. Firewire is only 400mb/s (unless its the 800 version) if you're going to get an external get a USB2 drive 480mb/s. A little faster but MUCH more versitile plus you can capture to it when you have your DV camera using your firewire port.

Edit: along these same lines... my boss thought that fire wire was faster than SCSI... I had to hold back from laughing in his face, it was pretty bad. Hes a mac user so I guess its understandable as hes definately brain washed.
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USB 2 is not faster than Firewire 400.
 
Originally posted by: bjc112
Originally posted by: Quasmo
just to let you know that internal hard drive will be faster than that firewire drive. Firewire is only 400mb/s (unless its the 800 version) if you're going to get an external get a USB2 drive 480mb/s. A little faster but MUCH more versitile plus you can capture to it when you have your DV camera using your firewire port.

Edit: along these same lines... my boss thought that fire wire was faster than SCSI... I had to hold back from laughing in his face, it was pretty bad. Hes a mac user so I guess its understandable as hes definately brain washed.
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USB 2 is not faster than Firewire 400.
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Correct, Firewire is definitely faster than USB2.0

And the laptop is not going to be as fast as a desktop. First of all, the HD is be a major bottleneck, unless you can the hitachi 7200rpm drive, it helps a bit. Second, the integrated video card will not allow you to run latested games smoothly

 
Aside from the HDD, performance will be simliar though..

I get disappointed when I hear people say USB 2.0 is faster than Firewire..

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