Looking for laptop recommendation

Macbook Pro with Retina Display

I just bought a Lenovo Ideapad from newegg.com.
I freaking love this thing. I had a powerful laptop before but this is way stronger.

I payed 499 for it shipped and I will say it is on scale with a lot of 1000 dollar lappys.

It is the model z575. It has a quad core amd A6 APU for its main processors and it is a monster. The amd chips are best (imo) for graphics and this laptop also has another radeon graphix chip. As for as graphics go it is on par with ps3 and xbox 360 which is hard to do in a laptop or one under 1200$. This laptop will run your video editing software into another dimension.

The speakers are great (only 2 but are still louder than the hp beats audio laptops). The keyboard is great. The touch pad is a bit big but, you get used to it. The finish is in a aluminum gunmetal purplish color which looks great in person and is not at all cheaply made like the new toshibas Hps which are crappy plastic.

I looked at a lot of laptops before purchasing this one. Hands down it was the best choice. If you cant tell I am so happy with it.

If you go to newegg to buy one, be cautious because there are 2 ideapad z575. One with an amd A8 processor and one with an AMD A6 processor. Both are quad core and definetely stronger than a Intel i3.
Get the one with the A6 processor. It is a little weaker but not noticeably much at all. They do not tell you on their website that the one with the A6 processors has an extra graphics chip and the A8 does not. They are the same price but the extra graphics with the A6 make it a lot stronger than the A8 laptop. Both are 499 and free shipping.

edit:
Compared to a Macbook pro, the lenovo is probably a good 40% stronger and comparable to a mac that costs around $2000. I personally boycott apple because of their business practices but if money is no object and you are not good with windows, macbook pro is a good option.

Good luck. Sorry for the misspellings.

I am partial to Apple so I would recommend a MacBook Pro. I have non-apple friends and even with virus protection, they are constantly dealing with viruses (usually from free kids game downloads). Mac's cost more, but I think they are worth it, especially if you do any graphics.

Here are the specs on the one I bought. Even if you dont like this one, newegg is the best place to get a new pc from.

$499

Model
Brand
lenovo
Series
IdeaPad
Model
Z575 (12992PU)
Part#
12992PU

General
Color
Gunmetal Gray Metal
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
CPU Type
AMD A6-3420M 1.5GHz
Screen
15.6"
Memory Size
6GB DDR3
Hard Disk
500GB
Optical Drive
DVD±R/RW
Graphics Card
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
Video Memory
1GB
Communication
LAN and WLAN
Dimensions
14.8" x 9.8" x 1.4"
Weight
5.73 lbs

CPU
CPU Type
AMD A-Series
CPU Speed
A6-3420M(1.5GHz)
CPU L2 Cache
4MB
CPU Support
2.4GHz max speed

Display
Screen Size
15.6"
Wide Screen Support
Yes
Resolution
1366 x 768
LCD Features
LED backlight, 200 nits, 16:9 aspect ratio

Operating Systems
Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

Graphics
GPU/VPU
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
Video Memory
Dedicated 1GB
Graphic Type
Dedicated Card

Hard Drive
HDD
500GB
HDD RPM
5400rpm

Memory
Memory
6GB
Memory Speed
DDR3 1333
Memory Spec
4GB x 1+2GB x 1
Memory Slot (Total)
2
Max Memory Supported
8GB

Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type
DVD±R/RW

Communications
LAN
10/100Mbps
WLAN
802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN

Ports
USB
3 x USB 2.0 and 1 x eSATA / USB combo port
Video Port
1 x VGA
HDMI
1 x HDMI
Other port
Kensington Lock
Audio Ports
1 x Microphone jack; 1 x Headphone jack

Audio
Speaker
2 x 2W speakers

Input Device
Touchpad
Multi-touch touchpad

Supplemental Drive
Card Reader
5 in 1 reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS Pro/XD)
Webcam
0.3 megapixel

Power
Battery
6-cell lithium ion
Battery Life
Up to 4.5 hours

Physical Specifications
Dimensions
14.8" x 9.8" x 1.4"
Weight
5.73 lbs

ps. I also added a sandisk 120gb solid state drive to this laptop from newegg for 125 extra. It takes about 10 seconds for this sucker to load all applications on start.

good luck on what ever you choose.

Apple product is the best choice for that. Using high end hardware and software, I think very easy to do. You can choose some product variation that match with your need.

I recently picked up the Asus Aspire. Was only 499 at best buy. AMD8 with 2.5 quad core, decent graphics card blah blah.. I don't see why your husband would need a 1000+ dollar computer when its only camstasia video edits. Although Macs are very nice I must admit.

Ok - if you dont care about the weight then you HAVE to look at the Toshiba Qosmio. It is not cheap but - try about $3000 - with the dual hard drive and the top of the line model. Bascially its not he cost of it that really gets you - its the SPEED this thing goes at. Def get W7 with upgrade ability but Toshiba is super heavily duty for users that dont want to go to mac but want the quality of a mac for the videos.
The memory is super important for you to hold open many many many screens in Firefox and IE. Talking from exp here _ There is times that I hit the button on the > and watch the screens fly past and just keep going and going - I forget how many I have open at some points But Its neverfailed so far.

So My Choice - Toshiba Qosmio with the full specs you can get and afford. Its 3 years old too btw and still better than my other acer aspire and hp ones.