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Are the HP elitebook 9480m specs good enough for basic video editing and music production?
I want to start a YouTube channel and make some beats on FL Studio. I am looking at the HP Folio 9480m because it looks very sleek almost like a MacBook. Looking at the elitebook 9480m specs it uses an Intel Core i5 processor. Will this ultrabook be able to handle rendering 1080p videos in Premiere Pro and running multiple VST plugins in FL Studio without crashing?
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3 days agoThe HP elitebook 9480m is a visually stunning ultrabook often referred to as the Windows clone of the MacBook Pro due to its premium silver aluminum chassis. However you must analyze the elitebook 9480m specs carefully before attempting heavy multimedia tasks. This laptop is powered by Intel 4th generation "U" series processors (like the Core i5-4310U). The "U" stands for Ultra Low Voltage. These processors were designed strictly for maximum battery life in corporate environments not for heavy rendering. For video editing in Premiere Pro the laptop will handle basic 1080p cutting and trimming. But the moment you add heavy color grading effects or attempt to render a 10 minute 1080p video the dual core processor will hit 100 percent usage and thermal throttle aggressively making the export process agonizingly slow.
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3 days agoRegarding music production in FL Studio the elitebook 9480m specs are much more forgiving. Audio production relies heavily on RAM and single core CPU speed rather than massive multi core rendering. If you upgrade the laptop to 16GB of RAM and ensure it is running on a Solid State Drive (SSD) it will handle FL Studio very well. You can load multiple heavy VST plugins (like Omnisphere or Nexus) without experiencing severe audio dropouts or ASIO buffer overloads. The laptop also has a very decent selection of ports for connecting your MIDI keyboards and external audio interfaces. It is a fantastic machine for beat making but a very frustrating machine for professional video editing. If video is your priority you need a thicker laptop with an "H" or "M" series processor and a dedicated GPU.
josh
3 days agoI use the 9480m for my music production studio. It is completely silent which is perfect for recording vocals in the same room. Just make sure you upgrade the RAM to 16GB otherwise heavy plugins will crash FL Studio.
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3 days agoDo not even attempt to edit 4K video on this machine. I tried it and Premiere Pro froze completely. It is an office laptop designed for Microsoft Word and Excel not a rendering workstation.
josh
3 days agoThe build quality is amazing. It looks highly professional when you pull it out at a meeting. But the screen resolution is usually a terrible 1366x768 which makes the timeline in Premiere Pro look very cramped.