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As long as it can get it to the US or my country and I have a very good price, then yes
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Maybe upgrading your current laptop with an SSD would increase performance sufficiently. Also would keep you below the $200 taxed value. Samsung 840 Pro or 840 EVO.
Your Nvidia Geforce 8600m GT is not particularly fast. An upgrade will likely help.
Most good video editing programs will make use of multiple processors (cores). So a CPU with more cores will make a big difference in encoding speed.
And lots of RAM. You will see a noticeable difference going from 8GB to 16GB of RAM.
If you can find a laptop that uses a 6 core processor and can fit 16GB RAM and has a 7200RPM hard drive then it will perform as well as a desktop with those specs. The heat can be controlled by using a laptop cooling pad, but that kind of defeats the whole mobility advantage, unless you don't mind carrying everything in a duffel bag.
If you get a sufficiently powered laptop and set it up at home with an external monitor, keyboard and mouse, using it will be almost indistinguishable from using a desktop. I work from home and my employer has provided me with a laptop and 2 docking stations. I have external monitor, keyboard and mouse at home and in my office. I can simply snap the laptop into the dock at home or the office and work just as if I had a desktop. At the same time, I can easily remove the laptop from the dock and use it on the go when needed. Best of both worlds.
I see. I believe I"ll be waiting for Black Friday to see if I can grab something good at a very good price :)
Just realize you trade portability for being locked in to it's design and lack of adaptability. Other than ram and hard drive and any externals you really pigeon hole yourself. If you are looking for a video and audio editing, gaming machine then get your wallet out and get as much as you can afford or even more than you can afford.
Newegg.com - MSI GT Series GT70 2OD-407US Intel Core i7 4700MQ(2.40GHz) 12GB Memory 1TB HDD 17.3" Notebook Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit