Gdetrailer wrote:
MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Wishful thinking and intuition are now telling me a honest 2.0 GHz dual core processor with a decent video section, maybe 4 GB RAM and a 500 GB storage would be plenty. I wouldn' t mind seeing a movie. But if experts are frustrated with Windows 8 I don't stand a chance. Microsoft screwed up Word So bad it's like grappling with a 300 blade Swiss Army Knife
2.0 ghz dual core with 4 gig of ram will be fine,
Definitely! That is double what I have.
however do be aware that laptops are pretty weak in the video area.. Typically the video will be fine for SD video but typically will be borderline for HD video and most likely will not play H264 AVCHD High Definition files smoothly...
So as a way around that I bought a standalone media player so I can watch my AVCHD camcorder video on my TV without using a PC. HD media players start at $50 and up..
I read this, and I thought 'Why would Mex want to watch HD?!?' And then I realised... maybe if you are renting a movie.
I mostly download movies, and I choose the lowest-definition versions because then the file sizes are smaller. But that requires fast internet, at least once in a while. When I have access I download stuff all day every day until I fill up the harddrive. A 500 gig HDD is about 500 movies, plus your software and whatever.
But if you are renting actual physical discs, then the question becomes: Are they mostly HD or SD or what?
