Hey guys,

Well I'm new to this forum and I'm interested in buying a laptop that is capable of video editing. I know that the first response will be the Apple MacBook Pro, but...

1.too expensive

2.bad battery life

3.runs too hot

4.BootCamp is still in BETA, and I won't trust my work to a BETA, my school
uses Windows as the main OS, that's why I mention BootCamp, plus
I wouldn't like to buy an Apple to just run Windows most of the time...

What I had come across was an Alienware Sentia m3450, with the Intel 2.16GHz Core Duo, 2GB RAM, the rest is similar to the Apple except for the OS... all this for less than the Apple, almost $600 -$700 dollar difference. I plan to run Sony Vegas 6 + DVD Arquitect, or Adobe Premiere. It won't be my main editing system, but I'll pretty much edit short clips and things that are more than 3 minutes most of the time. An external hardrive will store my clips so I can move between computers. PLEASE GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK!!! I'M STILL UNDECIDED BETWEEN THE TWO.

shaman89