Camcorder + Laptop - Req.

[Nikolic]

A friend is looking to spend roughly £800 on a laptop, that needs to be able to transfer video from a video camera and encode it in Windows Movie Maker (via Firewire). It needs XP Pro also.

My main question was - does the video card make that much of a difference?

Currently looking at a Dell, 2.0ghz Centrino, 1GB ram, X300.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Nikolic]

It will be on a network (hence Pro being important). Also, the files will pretty much be burned to DVD for storage aswell.

Good, thats why I thought I would go for a model with a fast processor, plus a decent amount of RAM.

Thanks.