Best edit laptop?

[Kerry F]

I know there have been discussions of this, but I can't find exactly what I'm looking for.  I have had Dells and Fujitsu laptops.  Dell has always have the best playback audio volume and clarity in the past so I don't have to use headphones when editing.  But I just looked at the Dells at Micro Center and their audio doesn't seem too good.  My Fujitsu I take to jobs has good recording quality, but the playback speakers aren't too good.   I'm looking for a 15 inch edit laptop, good audio, doesn't have to be the fastest processor and doesn't need a huge hard drive or more than 3 megs of Ram.  Any suggestions?  So I'm looking for durability (long life) and good audio.
 Thanks!

[Janiece Young]

Kerry, I bought my Samsung at Microcenter.  They have 12-month no interest financing too if you are interested.

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

I also took Janiiece's suggestion and bought her laptop she's talking about. However, the audio sounds better on my Dell after I transfer it from the Samsung.  I only write realtime on jobs to the Samsung and then transfer it to my Dell and the audio is amazing, but I have a great microphone, which makes all the difference.  You HAVE TO HAVE a great microphone to make all the difference in the world in this issue.

[Kerry F]

Kelli, which Dell do you have that you transfer it to?  The older Dells had great audio speakers on the laptop itself.

I can record my jobs really well with a great mic on my Fujitsu, but like to play back the audio without using headphones if I have good laptops speakers. Shoot, are you say the Samsung doesn't have as good audio speakers as the Dell?  What model and year Dell do you use?

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

Yeah, the Dell is my husband's old laptop before he got the iPad.  It's the Inspiron 1720 and it has killer speakers on that thing.  I don't need headphones.

[Kerry F]

Thanks for the info, Kelli.  Dell just doesn't make the Inspirons like they used to.

[Janiece Young]

I have Asus netbooks I use to provide realtime to the attorneys.  I like them a lot.  I'm not running full CC on them.

[Janet]

Hi Kerri,

The model I have is just under a year old.  It's the Toshiba Satellite P745-S4217.   That has been replaced with this model:

 

http://us.toshiba.com/computers/laptops/satellite/P740/P745-S4102

 

Mine and this one have Harman/Kardon speakers, Dolby sound. 

[Kelli Combs (admin)]

I actually have the laptop that Janet has and also the one that Janiece has.  I actually like the Samsung better.  I quit using the Toshiba; it got a little temperamental on me and would do weird things.  I'm just using the Toshiba as a backup at this point.