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what other brands are good to get?....
my price range is around 1000 atm
In your price range, you cannot get a very good video-editing machine.
Usually the best laptops for video editing will be very close to the best for gaming.
What I did is read the advice on the "videoguys" website.
First choice would be to have it made up DIY.
Second is to get an HP workstation, but this is way out of your price range.
Third choice is to get a Sager customized configuration, but this is minimum 1700 USD.
Fourth choice might be to look at the Sony WPCF1590X. With 10% discount discount coupon, this runs under 1300 USD.
With your budget, I would try to get the best
B-stock (refurbished) model I could, with the strongest components in all the categories you need.
-You should try to get at least 500 GB hard drive with 7200 RPM
-Intel i7 chip or at least i5
-Windows 7 Professional 64-bit. (People say Windows 7 is worse than XP, but the latest software from most of the major companies will be compatible with products from all the other major companies.)
-very important is the graphics chip: best would be nVidia Quardro FX, but on some laptops it is not available. Upgrading a graphics chip costs HUNDREDS more.
- you probably want a blu-ray reader/burner. This will cost more but if you think you can get by with a DVD drive ok....
Another factor is who your intended market for video is and what their equipment is likely to be. Internet video cannot take High Definition at this point, so you don't need HD for internet.
Standard Definition is still broadcast quality for virtually all television, so you may not need HD depending on your market niche here.
Make sure the laptop has all the ports and capacity you need for the camera you have and the software you will be using. For example -- Sony Vegas editing software probably works best in a Sony machine. Some video cameras coming out now (like Canon XA10) may not have a firewire port, so you may not need this port on you computer. This means you can only transfer your raw footage by USB port, unless you record it onto SD card memory card and put the card into the SD port of your computer. Assuming your computer has SD memory card ports.
Some laptops may have an upper limit on memory card capacity they can handle. The Sony may only be able to take a maximum of 64GB SDXC card. But this card may cost 200 USD or more, so it might be cheaper to transfer the raw footage directly by USB cord from the built-in memory of the camera.
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