I'm not a gamer, but aside from surfing, mail, &amp; Office, I do a bit of video editing (goPro) &amp; image processing. Will this speed that up?
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Yes...i will be using it for 3d....the quadcore, speed, and ram will be strong. And is easy to upgrade ram to 32 gigs, thats what i will do . Should get my replacement tommorow and begin loading software and test it out.
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i agree with the three answers before, this computer run smooth videos but will depend your internet connection. Regards to all
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If you do lots of photo or video editing, it might be worth it to spend the extra $300. Graphics are up to 4x faster with the card.
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Hello KC. Your mini would come with more then enough ram to do what you need. You have a 2.5 ghz processor, 4 gigs of ram... and if you manage to outgrow that you can upgrade the ram down the road. I am a graphic artist and work with memory intensive programs, it is very fast and haven't noticed any lag time as long as you don't have too many other programs open in the background. There is also an additional perk that you Mini comes pre-loaded with iMovie software so you can create videos from scratch. :)
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if you're not planning on using adobe premiere (or other video editing software) with high memory usage then you dont really need to worry about memory speed... but if you're into video editing then get 2400....
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Maybe if you use it mainly for photos yes; however, if you use it for video your camera might drain it faster.
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I run PhotoShop and the processor is fast enough. With Windows 8 and 8GB of RAM, it will run Internet Explorer at the same time without noticeably affecting PhotoShop performance. How well multiple open web pages perform is more a function of your internet connection speed. If you want more speed out of PhotoShop, try adding more RAM.
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Definitely not. There's so much packed into such a limited computer that watching videos is pretty impossible. Gaming depends on the game. The more advanced, the harder it is to use. School work works just fine for me, however.(:
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Yes but it is not a fast gamer. More for "On the go computing", due to small size and light weight. If Gaming is your thing, you will be disappointed. It is a great business box though.
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I use this computer for many uses, one of which is graphics work with the GIMP (gnu image manipulation program) which is similar to Photoshop (in both capabilities and requirements). This computer can easily run the program, and has enough ram to open/edit good sized documents, but will lag on big files or if you run a processing task of any magnitude. Simpler processing tasks like adjusting brightness and contrast work fine, but lag on big images to the point that it is (slightly) annoying if you use the active preview. I also have a powerful home- built desktop, and it's greater speed is both noticeable and welcome after using the laptop. Short answer: it will work fine, but it is the minimum, more power would be ideal if photo work is your focus. If you only edit photos occasionally, this laptop should perform fine. Disclaimer: I cannot speak on the software aspect of the computer(win8) and how much power it consumes, as I wiped the hard drive immediately after the computer arrived and replaced win8 with Ubuntu 13.04
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Yes, it will improve your graphics. It may well improve your overall computer speed as well, since the computer's processor will not be tied up handling all the graphics processing as well. You're not going to see the BEST improvements, as it is only a 1 GB card (so don't buy it if you plan on high-performance gaming), but it works well otherwise.
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I don't know about video editing, but it does get quite hot with gaming, depending on what kind of demands you're making on it, ie. if I play a fully modded Skyrim (with graphics packs etc) it gets hot to the point of crashing after 2 hours. With older games I don't get much problems. As I say though, I don't know how it handles video editing.
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No. It's response time is fast enough for action photos but not for high speed motion capture.
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It depends on what you are using it for. I for gaming I would have to say no. Programming possibly. Check with you application's system requirements first. For basic MS office yes but it is slow. Surfing the Web is slow too. This was my solution to a more expensive tablet because of it's small size. I also have two much faster computers.
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PC is pretty fast. Web surfing will only be as fast as your router if you go wireless. Windows 8 takes getting used to. If you like gaming you might want more RAM.
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I couldn't say for sure the i5 series is a solid performer for video editing but consider getting something with a i7 processor or a dedicated graphics card to do anything heavy
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It would work, but it's kind of slow - even when doing things like just web surfing and opening files. You could spend a little more and get something with noticeably better performance, and you would be happier. But if this is all you can afford, I think it's not a bad choice.