Computer system requirements for HD filmmaking?

August 24, 2009

I would like to start a filmmaking career, I’m planning in getting the JVC HD200 Pro camera, but i’m not sure what kind of computer equipment to get in order to edit my project. I would like to use a good editing software maybe Vegas and use After Effects. Can some body point me in the right direction?
Don’t mind the cost, I need to know what I need.

Should this be ok?
Dell Precision Workstation T7400 – 64bit Quad Core Intel® Xeon® Processor E5440 (2.83GHz,2X6M L2,1333)
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Business Service Pack 1, with media, 64, ENG
Memory 2GB, DDR2 SDRAM FBD Memory, 667MHz, ECC (2 DIMMS)
Keyboard USB Entry Quietkey, No Hot Keys
Graphic Cards 256MB PCIe x16 nVidia NVS 290, Dual Monitor DVI Capable
Boot Hard Drive 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst Cache™
Hard Drive Configuration C6 All SATA drives, RAID 0, 2 drive total configuration
Floppy Drive and Media Card Reader Options No Floppy Drive
Mouse New Dell USB Optical Mouse with scroll, All Black Design
DVD and Read-Write Devices 16X DVD-ROM with Cyberlink Power DVD™
Sound Card Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic(D),Dolby® Digital 5.1,VSTA
Speakers Dell™ AX210 Speakers, Black
Resource DVD Resource DVD – Contains Diagnostics and Drivers
2nd Hard Drive 500GB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst Cache™
Services 3 Year Limited Hardware Warranty with Next Business Day On-Site Service
Installation Services No Onsite System Setup
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
I took your advise and looked at the Mac Pro computers, and they look pretty good. I customized it like so: Would this work? it goes for about ,700.

*One 2.66GHz Quad-Core Intel *Xeon3GB (3x1GB) None
*1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA 3Gb/sNone
*NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MBOne *18x SuperDriveApple LED Cinema *Display (24" flat panel)None
*Apple Mighty MouseApple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (English) and *User’s GuideAirPort Extreme Wi-Fi *Card with 802.11nNone
*Final Cut Express preinstalled

I have a new Dell Laptop Inspiron 1520; It goes into repair mode after Windows Vista updating re-start?

August 7, 2009

I have a new Dell Inspiron 1520 note book PC; It was having problems on start up like heavy monitor flickering after Log On and long time to start. It was giving unexpected shutdowns. The service from Dell and agents was not helpful.

So I re-installed Vista from the CD (that deleted all Dell software). and updated drivers as required. Then all start up problems vanished. But there is one problem now. After most Vista updates, it goes into black screen (repair mode) during the re-start process. What can be done? Can I avoid updating? Will it cause any problems?

After the "repair" (nothing really) and booting, it says the updating was OK and works normally. Pls advise.

Can you use a virus protection software on two different computers?

July 8, 2009

I recently bought a virus protection program for my computer. I am about to buy my son a new computer, (both dell’s) can I use my virus software on both computers without having to pay for it twice? (pay another annual fee). Or does it go by individual computers?
I bought a new dell and it came with a free 30 or 60 trial of their virus protection, I bought the program after the trial time. The other new computer is coming next week. I really don’t think I should have to pay for this twice.