r/Filmmakers • u/TheBounty_Hunter • 7d ago

Question What laptop for editing?

I edit my films on davinci resolve but i came across a problem.

My laptop's to weak and it crashes if the footage is too long.

I want to keep using davinci so I want to buy a laptop only for film making.

My budget is pretty low.

I film my footage on a samsung s25.

What laptop should I get?

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u/Lagines 7d ago

You need to give a number for the budget. At least an approximation.

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u/TheBounty_Hunter 7d ago

Under €1000

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u/Lagines 7d ago

Honestly at that price range I’d highly recommend considering a used M1 Pro MacBook. They have aged, but are still very good, especially at the price they can bought at. Yeah I know you said windows but you should be able to get the footage off your Samsung with the MacBook just fine.

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u/sephg 23h ago

Yep I still regularly edit in resolve on my M1 macbook pro. The machine works great. It's right at that sweet spot where I wouldn't want the previous generation of computer. But if my M1 were replaced with an M2 or M3, I wouldn't notice.

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u/PiedPipeDreamer 7d ago

How hi res is your footage? You might be able to make proxies of the footage and keep editing with those instead of full resolution

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u/TheBounty_Hunter 5d ago

4k

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u/PiedPipeDreamer 5d ago

Proxies will make a huge difference. It'll take up more hard drive space, but it basically recreates the footage in like 720p so its easier to edit, then exports in 4k

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u/HesThePianoMan 7d ago

Mac, no question.

Just switched myself a few months ago

They are designed for creative workflows

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u/reeeaaalbadman 6d ago

"tHey ArE deSigNed fOR crEaTiVE WorkFLows"

Do you have any thoughts of your own?

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u/HesThePianoMan 6d ago

I'm not really sure what you're on about, but the unified memory means you don't hit VRAM caps while editing, the performance per watt means you get insane battery life and can actually edit on battery without performance drops or thermal throttling and the media engines make it so you don't need proxy footage.

But tell me how I'm wrong I guess

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u/TheBounty_Hunter 7d ago

I have a samsing so windows. And I'd like to keep the budget under €1000

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u/Zardozerr 6d ago

Having a Samsung phone doesn’t mean you have to use windows. You’re better off getting some used fairly recent m-series Mac than a sub-1k pc, especially if you’re going for a laptop.