>powerful enough hardware to decode and transcode high quality 4K video files without issue
>SSD with slot for HDD
>HDMI
>Ideally $500-$600
Don't care about anything else. Can anyone recommend me anything?
Laptop Recommendations?
Nicholas Butler
Juan Thompson
no such laptop exists
hardware decoding is only there on 7th+ gen gpus and those alone cost like $400 when you want quad core ones
Nathan Evans
Pay more or accept less. $600 isn't getting you 4K hardware decode.
Luis Martinez
Ok so what's the problem? I can get 7th gen
Adrian Barnes
HAHFHAHFHAHFHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH TRANSCODING 4K WITHOUT ANY ISSUE
ON A LAPTOP
IM CRYING BRO YOU'RE GONNA BE EDITING IN PREMIERE AT 1/4 QUALITY THEN SENDING THE PROJECT TO A DESKTOP TO USE ADOBE MEDIA ENCODER TO ENCODE FOR H.265
NO WAY IN HELL UR GONNA GET THAT
BUY A MACBOOK PRO 15" REFURBISHED SO YOU AT LEAST GOT 4GB OF VRAM AND CAN RUN ADOBE ON A GOOD SCREEN AND GET A THUNDERBOLT 3 TO HDMI
THUNDERBOLT THE FUTURE
BUILD A GODDAMN DESKTOP FOR RENDERING.
Kayden Sanders
I got an Acer E15-575 for $509 last year, really wonderful laptop with exceptionally better than expected Linux support despite the Nvidia GPU, plays back everything due to HW decoding on the 7th Gen Intel chip and ticks all your categories
Aaron Lopez
Maybe I used wrong choice of words, I didn't know "hardware decode" was something different. I just meant I want to be able to play 4K movies smoothly. And perhaps transcode (ie: use Handbrake to cut clips, edit soundtracks, etc)
Kevin Lee
7th gen doesn't matter all rendering is done thru the GPU and 4K requires fucking power, and literally, your laptop will die within a year or 2 if you're transcoding video. it just kills the machine
Matthew Reed
remember everyone
>sage
>hide
>report
Joshua Parker
Oh yea, that Acer def. can playback perfectly but transcoding won't be as effective as a desktop GPU
Jordan Johnson
bro playing back 4K movies is not a problem. transcoding is entireley different. then go buy a PC shittop and build a desktop.
Alexander Perez
Ok fine fuck transcoding, I'll use it for playing movies only.
Looks solid
Robert Perez
This website is 18+.
Jordan Thompson
that's great to hear! yea unfortunately (pardoning everyone else here) it is not viable to do that on a semi-budget laptop for a reasonable output, and should much rather be done on a desktop, but other than that, my recc. and hopefully anyone else's around that range should suffice your early requirements. I wish you the best user!
Aiden Perry
>better than expected Linux support despite the Nvidia GPU
why? What's wrong with nvidia GPU?
Easton Perry
I render 4k on i5 with am intel chipset
Liam Evans
gay
Sebastian Ortiz
Oh you know the usual, first you need to get the BIOS updated to bypass nouveau warnings (can't fully disable the card) then depending on your distro you'd go with a bumblebee or an optimus or a PRiME or an LDM solution that also hopefully has decent drivers that are updated (kek @ openSUSE official Nvidia) and you'd be on the way. Nothing inheritantly wrong but I just use Intel as it works great and I don't game / produce on it anyway
Ryan White
Build a laptop.
It's possible. Look into it.
Nathaniel Myers
ryzen 2500u
Benjamin Johnson
Ok I'll try to look for intel then to avoid that if possible
Caleb Richardson
I want a new laptop but I don't know shit about computers?
I have 700$ to my name.
I could save up to l