My company Toshiba L310 is dying and my boss gave me a very limited budget to buy a new one. I travel 2-3 times per month with laptop (~3.5kg with bag/ power adaptor) +projector (~3kg with bag/cords) + hand carry luggage (~6kg).

1. Preferred Brand: Toshiba, Asus, Lenovo
2. Budget: <RM2200
3. Usage: basic office applications. Simple video editing with Sony Vegas (1024x720 mpg, clips from Sony Standard Definition viewcam)
4. Preferred laptop/screen size: 13-14"
5. Weight: <=2kg
6. Others: must have VGA port to connect projector (or HDMI-VGA adaptor), Optical drive optional

I understand that ultrabook is a big no no for video editing BUT I've been editing video (non-HD) using the 4 years old Toshiba and I'm fine with the performance. If the ULV processor (e.g. i5-3317U, i5-3337U, i5-4200u) can perform better than T2370 in L310, then I will choose ultrabook to lighten my burden on shoulder/ for better battery life.

Another difficult question: will a discrete graphic card like Nvidia GT630M found in Satellite U940-1001X OR AMD HD7570M found in Satellite U840-1009X improve video editing performance? From what I read, processor speed & RAM are more important but there are comments saying that NVIDIA card with CUDA technology greatly enhance video editing performance. I'm confused.

This post has been edited by cactuscch: Oct 5 2013, 12:44 PM

Thnks for the recommendation,

I think Lenovo S410p & Satellite L40-AS-AS109x will be my last choices. Lenovo is lighter and cheaper but I have to buy HDMI-VGA adaptor. I called up a Toshiba computer shop, the staff told me that L40-AS109 comes with full size VGA port, this model is currntly on promotion, gets free upgrade to 8GB RAM. U940 is even lighter but that shop is no longer selling this old model.

I found the picture, L40-AS109 has VGA port. http://www.wiredsystems.com/store/toshiba-...8-sl-64bit.html


This post has been edited by cactuscch: Oct 5 2013, 02:29 PM