Laptop for Editing HD video?

Hey Everyone,

I'm currently in the process of purchasing myself a new laptop. I need a laptop as I'm moving around a lot and cant afford to be lugging a desktop with me everywhere I go. I'll be using it for editing 1080p footage(shorts around 15min long at most but mainly 5-10)and also for using Ableton. The problem is that I currently have a 800euro budget.I have seen a Toshiba that I was interested in but I don't know the details of what to get. I have been told to get a pre-owned macbook pro instead for the same price. Also the problem is that I can't afford to wait and save up some more as my current laptop is beginning to fail on me and I make short event promo's as my job.Sorry for all the questions , A lot a money to be handing over so want to be sure

Thanks for your help

Mark

TOSHIBA SPECS
:Product Description Toshiba L850-150
:Processor Intel Core i7 3610QM - 2,3GHz / Turbo 3.3GHz
:Memory 8GB
:Hard Drive 500GB -5400rpm
:Graphics Card AMD Radeon HD 7670M - 2GB
:HDMI, VGA, 2 x USB3.0, 1 x USB2.0, 2 x miniJack
:Battery 6 cell
:Operating System
:Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit

Update: I have found a mint condition pre-owned
Mac book pro 2.4ghz i5 mid 2010 (6.2model) for 850euro

Which would be the better option?

Hey Alex
Thanks for the reply, I'll be editing with Adobe Premier and using a small amount of after effect. I don't know if I'll be able to change the graphics card but I will be able to get the hard drive upgraded .
Thanks for the reply, appreciated!

Mark

[AG] "... or nVidia GeForce "m" chipsets with at least a few hundred CUDA cores and 1GB dedicated memory (640m, 540m, etc.)"

Toshiba Qosmio X870 come with decent specs and GeForce GTX 670M.

Satellite P755-S5198 is under US $1K and comes with GTX 540m 1GB; the screen res is rather low at 1366x768 and the HDD is 5400rpm. The rest of it fairly decent.

Alex Gerulaitis
Systems Integrator
DV411 - Los Angeles, CA