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Notebook buying advice: How to find a mobile office notebook
by Jan Johannsen
Notebook buying advice: How to find a notebook for videos, CAD and more
10.8.2020
Translation: machine translated
If you want to use your notebook to edit videos, work with CAD programmes or be creative in a similar way, it needs more power than an office laptop. Let me take you on a search for a multimedia creative power device.
Our notebook buying guides are all about finding the right laptop for you. I give you basic tips and assessments for different areas of application and show you some examples of notebooks. My aim is to use filters so that you only have to decide between a small selection of devices in the end.
What you won't find here is an assessment of individual laptop models or recommendations for different equipment variants. The notebook market is too fast-moving for that and I refer you to the individual tests from our editorial team.
Powerhouse for image and video editing
If you want to use your notebook not only to write emails, create presentations and work in Excel spreadsheets, but also to create graphics, edit videos or realise CAD projects, you need more computing power. The main difference to other office notebooks is the standalone graphics card, as an integrated graphics chip does not have enough power.
Every current graphics card has more power than the integrated graphics chips, but there are still big differences. For more performance, you need to budget more and plan for higher battery consumption. Also important: Nvidia optimises its Quadro models for creating videos and other creative content. They are not suitable for games. The Geforce cards are designed for this, but you can also use them to render videos.
In order to work properly on your projects, the screen should not be too small. 15 inches is the minimum, 16 or even 17 inches is even better. But the larger it is, the heavier and less mobile the computer will be. When it comes to resolution, you shouldn't settle for Full HD. It should be at least WQHD with 2560×1440 pixels so that you can work properly. Due to the display size, size and weight take a back seat when selecting devices.
If I feed our filters with these criteria, these are the five most popular models at the moment.
Jan Johannsen
Senior Editor
Jan.Johannsen@galaxus.deWhen I was but a young student, I'd sit in my friend's living room with all my classmates and play on his SuperNES. Since then I've had the opportunity to test out all the newest technology for you. I've done reviews at Curved, Computer Bild and Netzwelt, and have now arrived at Galaxus.de.
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