Chosing between 2 laptops -ACER or HP- (models in the post, read on..)

sheenas

You can buy cooling pads that sit under the laptop if you are worried. It's not often that my laptop fan goes to full speed these days, but it does happen.

MattMattMattUK

What kind of video are you editing and what software are you using to do that? What is the extent of your editing? If you are just cropping the start and finish or merging a few videos together that is very different so handling multiple 4k/120 feeds with effects, overlays etc.

I would say that those laptops would be ok for basic stuff, but I would generally avoid the Snapdragon options, however they are going to struggle with anything substantial. That might also create a scenario where you want much more ram (64/96/128GB) and that is going to cost more than those laptops on it's own, which is why it is important to work out what kind of editing you are aiming for.

Danny_G

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82189145#Comment_82189145

Hello, not software to be installed on the hardive, I meant AI online sites to create and edit shorter videos in bulk.

Another Idea is get a Mini PC, with Ram 32GB, or even 64GB ram, and get a laptop of 16GB Ram,

use the Mini PC, as the operating system for the video stuff, to do all the heavy loading … but connect it to the laptop so the Laptop screen sees everything that the mini PC sceen sees. (using Chrome Remote, or similar connecting software)

Basically use the laptop as a 2nd screen, and use that, and the benefit with this laptop option be I can use this in any room of the house,- but it will be mirroring what is on the laptop.

What do you think ?

MattMattMattUK

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82189589#Comment_82189589

So in a technical sense you are not editing, you are just uploading files to the internet and downloading some new files afterwards. You do not need 32GB of RAM, you do not need a mini PC, you could do that perfectly well on a cheap Chromebook. It is just basic upload/download, so even a phone in Desktop mode would probably be fine. There is absolutely zero point in remoting onto a PC from a laptop in this scenario.

Get a laptop with a decent amount of storage and a reasonable screen. As a quick glance something like this would be better than the options you posted. What is your actual budget? Do you already have a decent monitor, 4k?

https://www.johnlewis.com/dell-16s-ds16260-laptop-intel-core-ultra-7-processor-16gb-ram-512gb-ssd-16-qhd-frost-blue/p115756720

SammyBoyd

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82189783#Comment_82189783

What do you see as the difference between the one the OP posted and your suggestion? Less storage, less RAM but the same money. What's the thinking?

https://www.acer.com/gb-en/laptops/swift/swift-go-16-ai-intel/pdp/NX.JNMEK.002

https://www.dell.com/en-gb/shop/laptop-computers/spd/dell16sds16260/ds16260__reg_01

MattMattMattUK

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82190303#Comment_82190303

Mainly the higher resolution screen, though ideally I would have wanted to go 4k, but on laptops that will easily push the price over £2k and likely higher, hence the budget question. The better solution would be an external monitor, but if the OP already has a 4k monitor that problem solves itself reasonable 4k monitors are reasonably priced now, although colour matching/grading at the lower end is still somewhat problematic.

The storage I would probably get a bunch of external drives for archival purposes.

For the RAM 32GB is nice, but for proper video editing 64GB is more often the minimum and 96/128GB is more realistic, however the OP is not actually video editing, just using an cloud AI, so 16GB will be plenty and RAM is the biggest impact on cost at the moment.

SammyBoyd

Dell Outlet have the

Dell Outlet Dell Pro Max 16 Laptop

£1584

INCLUDED

3 Years Basic Onsite Service

Pre Built Specs

• Dell Outlet Dell Pro Max 16 Laptop (Released May 2025)
• Processor
• AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 (8 Core, Up to 5.10GHz, 24MB Cache, 28W, Up to 50 TOPS NPU)
• Memory
• 32GB (4x8GB) Dual Channel LPDDR5X Memory
• Hard Disk Drive
• 512GB PCIe M.2 NVMe Gen 4 Class 35 Solid State Drive
• Windows 11 Pro
• 16 inch QHD+ (2560 x 1600) Wide View Angle Anti-Glare 400-nits Non-Touch Display,
• WLAN Capable FHD HDR IR Camera and Microphone
• AMD Radeon Graphics
• MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 MT7925 2x2, MU-MIMO, Wireless Card
• Magnetite
• 6-Cell, 96 WHr Lithium Ion Battery (Long Life Cycle, Express Charge Capable)
• McAfee+ Premium 30-day trial
• No Optical Drive
• UK English Backlit Copilot Key Keyboard with Numeric Keypad

Draqo

I wouldn't rely on that spec, given it says 4x8gb..