Hi everyone. I'm trying to help a friend find a laptop for simple video editing (not 4K, short clips). Only using windows movie maker at the moment.
I haven't edited video in 10 years and don't know much about laptops so am out of my element.
Do you think something like this Dell Inspiron would work? They wanted to spend $500 but can't see that working without buying used.
Can I Edit Video on This Dell Inspiron?
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Thanks scrimshaw!
I edit my YT videos (Shameless self-promotion "Bondi Scrapper") with a Dell Inspiron i5-7568. It's an i5 2.8ghz, GTX GPU (256mb??), 16GB ram, 256GB SSD & 1tb m2 SSD. I think it was around $1300 in that config.
I use VSDC free version to edit. Generally it handles it quite well. It will stutter on playback if you've (for instance) increased the speed by 400% as it is generating the image off the original file on the fly.
Churning out the finished product, VSDC Free is slightly hamstrung over the paid software and is a bit slower. IIRC a 20 minute video in HD 1080p takes about 15-25 minutes depending on how many effects you have used. A 20 minute video rendered into 4000k takes around 90 minutes of churn.
I think the unit you linked above would be fine except for the screen size but if you can piggy back another screen or cast to the TV then go for it.
You'll get more oopmh with the latest Ryzen 4000 series processors with 6 cores and 16GB ram, but i5-8265U with 4 cores, 4 threads (No HT) still okay for the casual editing.
You can get the Ryzen 5 4500u on some of the more budget thinkpad E15 and Flex 5 models, costing $900~1000 depending on how creative you can get with discounted gift card and cashbacks
AMD Radeon 520 Graphics is quite old and slow (2017 tech), in fact it may even be weaker than some APU's found on Ryzen Zen2. It will not contribute much to video editing or photoshop effects.