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Hey everyone,
I am planning to get a new laptop/tablet/convertible for general purpose use as well as some gaming (ideally would like to play watch dogs and new games at 1600*900 high settings), CAD design, and 4K video editing. The machine needs to be light, have pen input, have a good screen (resolution, color gamut & accuracy) with 7+ hours battery. I plan to be able to use this device for at least 4 years.
In short, I have narrowed my search down to 3 devices:
The Surface Book (with i7, believed to be dual core Skylake, 512GB PCIe SSD, nVidia GPU with 1GB GDDR5 VRAM), the VAIO Z Canvas (with AdobeRGB screen, quad core Haswell i7, Iris Pro 5200, 512GB PCIe SSD), and the updated Acer R13 (Skylake i7, likely dual core, and Thunderbolt 3 with support for external GPU, not sure of availability or release date).
Will the Surface Book or the VAIO Z Canvas run Resolve 12 well enough for 4K editing and color grading (understanding that the timeline playback resolution will probably be scaled back to 2K or 1080p)? I overall prefer those systems but I need to clarify this point. Also, I know the Z Canvas doesn't have hardware-accelerated h265 support whereas the Book (and probably the Acer R13 too) does because of Skylake and nVidia.
I am planning to get a new laptop/tablet/convertible for general purpose use as well as some gaming (ideally would like to play watch dogs and new games at 1600*900 high settings), CAD design, and 4K video editing. The machine needs to be light, have pen input, have a good screen (resolution, color gamut & accuracy) with 7+ hours battery. I plan to be able to use this device for at least 4 years.
In short, I have narrowed my search down to 3 devices:
The Surface Book (with i7, believed to be dual core Skylake, 512GB PCIe SSD, nVidia GPU with 1GB GDDR5 VRAM), the VAIO Z Canvas (with AdobeRGB screen, quad core Haswell i7, Iris Pro 5200, 512GB PCIe SSD), and the updated Acer R13 (Skylake i7, likely dual core, and Thunderbolt 3 with support for external GPU, not sure of availability or release date).
Will the Surface Book or the VAIO Z Canvas run Resolve 12 well enough for 4K editing and color grading (understanding that the timeline playback resolution will probably be scaled back to 2K or 1080p)? I overall prefer those systems but I need to clarify this point. Also, I know the Z Canvas doesn't have hardware-accelerated h265 support whereas the Book (and probably the Acer R13 too) does because of Skylake and nVidia.