The 10 Best Laptops For Video Editing

The Predator Triton 700 Epic Gaming (about $3999) bears one of the most striking appearances of any model in its class, as it places its keyboard close to the user and uses a touch sensitive panel of glass near the screen as its trackpad.

The fans built into the Acer Predator 17-Inch G9 (appx. $4239) do a good job keeping its insides from getting too hot when you're rendering large files or exporting feature-film-length projects with minimal compression. Its 64GB of RAM are enough to run even the most demanding programs.

With a 4TB solid state hard drive, the HP Omen 17t Premium (appx. $3599) offers plenty of space to work with files stored right on your computer, instead of feeding them from an external drive through a USB cable that has the potential to slow down your entire workflow.

One of the best things about the MSI WS63VR 7RL-023US 15.6-Inch (about $3212) is that it comes with a three-year warranty, so you can make an investment in it knowing that the company will have your back for a good while if anything should go wrong.

Given the components that comprise the Dell XPS 15-Inch 9570 (appx. $3000), you may be surprised at how thin and light it is. It even manages to pack a powerful battery into its tiny frame, which is capable of running it for up to 20 hours.

For film editors who also need to massage the audio associated with their movies, the Alienware 17-Inch R5 Supreme (around $4599) offers the ability to output a 7.1-channel soundscape over HDMI, giving users the ability to adjust the balance of a surround sound mix.

Given how hot a high-performance machine, like the ones on our list, is liable to get, the MSI GT75 8RG Titan (about $4979) smartly includes large ventilation ports on both sides of its body, making it a little bulkier than many, but keeping it nice and cool.

The Lenovo ThinkPad P71 Workstation (appx. $6550) is an absolute beast, boasting an extremely fast Nvidia Quadro P5000 graphics card with 16 GB of VRAM, making this a smart choice for anyone who needs to work with a fair amount of special effects.

The CPU inside the Asus ROG 17-Inch GL703GS (around $2589) can turboclock up to 4.1 GHz, giving you plenty of speed to render large files whether or not you decide to utilize a proxy workflow. It also features a media card reader to grab footage straight from many camera types.

The incredibly smooth Apple MacBook Pro 15-Inch (about $2530) features the company's trademark retina display, which isn't quite 4K resolution, but is an ideal pixel density for the size of the screen and the average viewing distance of most users.