I have done serious work on a 15', but a 17' is definitely better. Most laptops such as the 3 you mentioned do not offer up-gradable video cards, let alone Quadro's. And Quadro/FirePro cards will tend be faster at these applications then a Geforce will be. Most laptops have a 6-bit display.Īlso they all have up-gradable Quadro/FirePro video cards which is very important IMO as most programs require a dedicated OpenCL or Cuda card these days for full acceleration. First off they are more reliable and last long but if you go with Dell or HP, most of their workstation lineups will also allow you to install up to a 10-bit display. It really depends on how serious you are about film making but workstations give you lots of advantages over gaming laptops.
For video, you probably want to lean more towards a workstation laptop rather than a gaming laptop.
