Our top spec laptop

The M571 laptop has the latest Santa Rosa chipset and can take up to a 2.6Ghz processor, 4GB RAM, and a variety of graphic cards. The screen in a 17" Hi-Res 1920 x 1200 - so it can play back HD at full resolution.

A typical M571 laptop would be around £1,630 +VAT with 200GB 7200 RPM hard drive, 17" 1920 x 1200 screen, 512MB 8700 graphic card and Windows XP or Vista.

Avid Approved Notebook

The HP8710 Laptop is a similar spec to the DVC M571 - a Santa Rosa chipset laptop with up to 4GB RAM, a Hi Res 1920 x 1200 17" screen and a 2.4Ghz processor. One major difference is that this laptop is validated for use with Avid Xpress Pro/Media Composer. The laptop is suitable for use with other programs as well as Avid - and if you buy an HP laptop you have support from HP as well as DVC, so it can be used with Canopus Edius, Adobe Premiere or Sony Vegas. However, for a similar price we could supply the DVC M571 but with a better specification so it is your choice which one you wish to have.

A typical 8710 is £1584 +VAT, for a 2.4Ghz laptop with 2GB RAM, 120GB hard drive, and a Quadro graphic card.