Hi guys.
I've got a HP DV6174ea laptop. It's a Core2 Duo T5500 (1.6GHz) with 2GB of RAM. It functions well enough, but I find myself doing more and more video editing and transcoding from my Sony AVCHD HDR-SR8 camcorder. Painful!
I'm currently using Vista 64 which feels very slow. I have Vegas Pro 8 (got to love the US exchange rate!) and it is more than enough for my needs.
I am looking to replace the laptop with a more power not for games but for DV, but I will make do for now. Would migrating to another OS give me any more performance gains? I have very little experience with the 'dark' side, but if I can dual boot, i'll try anything. The only other consideration is that the HDD is 120GB, so I'd rather not have too much bloat consuming valuable space. The only thing keeping me to M$ is office which I could live without.
What do you think? At this point i'd even consider a mac!
I've got a HP DV6174ea laptop. It's a Core2 Duo T5500 (1.6GHz) with 2GB of RAM. It functions well enough, but I find myself doing more and more video editing and transcoding from my Sony AVCHD HDR-SR8 camcorder. Painful!
I'm currently using Vista 64 which feels very slow. I have Vegas Pro 8 (got to love the US exchange rate!) and it is more than enough for my needs.
I am looking to replace the laptop with a more power not for games but for DV, but I will make do for now. Would migrating to another OS give me any more performance gains? I have very little experience with the 'dark' side, but if I can dual boot, i'll try anything. The only other consideration is that the HDD is 120GB, so I'd rather not have too much bloat consuming valuable space. The only thing keeping me to M$ is office which I could live without.
What do you think? At this point i'd even consider a mac!
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