Let me start by saying I'm as ignorant about computers as they come. I can use computers just fine, but when it comes to the hows, whys, and wheres of the internal operation inside the tower I'm clueless.
I've getting into low-stakes video editing (vacation videos and the like) and I currently use Photoshop Premier Pro to do it. I've found my desktop bogging down with the program to the point of it being unusable. I've started looking for a budget video editing/gaming laptop I can dedicate to Premier Pro and hopefully avoid this bogging down.
The issue is I have no clue what I'm comparing when it comes to the processor and graphics card. I'm looking at keeping my laptop budget under $600 (cheap I know) and I don't want to accidentally buy something with the same computing power as the desktop I already have.
My current system has a AMD A8-7600 processor and Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C +6G 3.10 GHz graphics card, and 8 GB RAM.
I'm looking at the Acer Aspire E 15 with 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8250U processor, GeForce MX150 graphics, and 8 GB RAM. It has 256 GB storage but I primarily use external hard drives for my files.
Is there anyone that can shed some light on whether or not this would be a stupid purchase? I just need something basic, not Hollywood quality and the CPU/GPU hierarchy lists I'm finding are useless.
Thanks!
I've getting into low-stakes video editing (vacation videos and the like) and I currently use Photoshop Premier Pro to do it. I've found my desktop bogging down with the program to the point of it being unusable. I've started looking for a budget video editing/gaming laptop I can dedicate to Premier Pro and hopefully avoid this bogging down.
The issue is I have no clue what I'm comparing when it comes to the processor and graphics card. I'm looking at keeping my laptop budget under $600 (cheap I know) and I don't want to accidentally buy something with the same computing power as the desktop I already have.
My current system has a AMD A8-7600 processor and Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C +6G 3.10 GHz graphics card, and 8 GB RAM.
I'm looking at the Acer Aspire E 15 with 8th Gen Intel Core i5-8250U processor, GeForce MX150 graphics, and 8 GB RAM. It has 256 GB storage but I primarily use external hard drives for my files.
Is there anyone that can shed some light on whether or not this would be a stupid purchase? I just need something basic, not Hollywood quality and the CPU/GPU hierarchy lists I'm finding are useless.
Thanks!