All Forum Posts by: Lavaud Charlemagne

The Acer I mentioned above works decent for video editing.  I've made about 160 videos on it (older version of that one).  To be honest though desktops typically work better for video editing if you're going to do a lot of it, bigger screens + faster.  I only did it on the laptop because I like sitting in a recliner.  :)

Lavaud,

I'll be the odd one out in this thread and suggest a Windows laptop, they tend to be cheaper and, because I build computers, I like the freedom/ability of being able to shop around / customize it to my specific liking.

With that, it really depends on what you'll be doing with the laptop, ie: basic email, MS office, BP or video rendering / editing for your listings-walk through, future rehabs etc ?

If it's basic day to day items, and if you don't store tons of photos / videos on it, anything with 8GB of ram would be sufficient in today's market.

If you need something a little more intensive for video editing, let me know your price point and I can help recommend a few things.

Thanks, 

 You could go with something like this from Amazon (it's not on sale now so you can get it cheaper sometimes, but you get the idea):

https://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-i5-8250U-GeForc...

Has 8 hour battery (it says 15 but let's be real here lol), good graphics card, ssd, etc.

Macbook Air's are a pretty decent deal too if you want to go Mac.  They also have a SSD.  That's the most important thing, gotta have a SSD, otherwise your laptop will be super sluggish no matter the manufacturer.

MacBook Pro's for sure! 15inch.. Seems like that is the the most popular choice here anyway. A little overkill for just looking at home pictures and text. But i use mine for everything else as well.

To be honest though, 98% of all real estate stuff, i do on my phone (alway on move, driving, looking and homes etc) so phone is the answer. Laptop is just to write offers and update my spreadsheets..

Make sure you get all the ram and the largest hard rice you think you will need because neither are upgradable in the new MacBook Pros

 I had a 17, and a 15 twice-they last 5-7 years in my experience. PC’s were lasting less than 2 years when we had software engineers. My wife, the PM, uses a MB