I love videos, as you may see from my review of the Sony Handycam and because I am not that good I need lots of editting software. Now that required a powerful computer. And Dell told me that they had the answers
When I wanted to have some fun with videos, I asked the folks at Dell to put together the ideal video editing computer system. All Dell systems are built to order, so this was an easy task for them.
Here's what they came up with:
Since video editing is a processor-intensive task, I needed a powerful processor: A Dell Dimension 8300 with a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 processor. Video editing needs fast memory: 512MB DDR-SDRAM. A respectable graphics card with plenty of memory is a nessessity: 128MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. I also needed a fast connecting between the computer and the camera: 1394 (firewire) port, and a large hard drive to fit those huge video files: a 120GB serial ATA hard drive. Last, but not least, a DVD writeable drive and video editing software is needed to create DVDs: 8X DVD + RW and Pinnacle Studio 9 software.
As I was already spending so much money I decided to upgrade the memory card, purchase an 18" flat screen monitor and get the new Dell 5650 5.1 speakers. The package also included Windows XP Home Edition and Microsoft's Works Suite 2004, great!
My computer was a dream machine. I was Stephen Speilhisface and I was crucing along fine with my new computer. The Dell 5.1 speakers blew me away and being such an audio expert the sound quality was crystal (I am not an audio expert!) Its 100 Watts of power blowing me away that's more than in a bad boy racers boot!
Delivery was quick and easy and Dell delievered for me when I wasnted them to. I didn't buy any of their insurance packages and hopefully I shouldn't have had to. Everything is still fine and hopefully will be for a while, after all I am writing on it now!
The 1801FP flat panel monitor gave crystal clear projections of my videos it was sharp and extremely colourful. The computer itself also has six USB 2.0 ports: four on the back and two on the front under a plastic door. The door also covers a headphone and microphone port. Duplicate headphone and microphone ports are also on the back of the computer. I liked the flexibility of this set up.
Personally, though, I would rather see the ports and have easier access than having to always lift up that silly little door - they don't seem to be USB 2.0 as they don't always work!
I really liked this Dell's look, as well. Everything was coordinated in black. Even the speakers have a sleek black and silver look. All-in-all, this video edition of the Dimension 8300 was both good-looking and good-performing - just like myself!
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04.09.2005 23:32
Hi, it wouold help if you laid your reviews out in paragraphs, it makes it easier to read. Av x