The best laptops for video editing: Breeze through edits with these powerhouses

Three of the best laptops for video editing
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Looking for the best laptop for video editing? You’ll want a powerful and speedy machine with a bright, colour-accurate display to tackle creative software, also considering your personal needs when it comes to things like battery life, design and software compatibility.

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Beren has well over a decade of experience writing about creative tech, having previously worked for the digital art magazine ImagineFX, the fine art magazine Paint & Draw and Canon Pro Europe. As Creative Bloq's Ecom Editor, he's racked up hours testing and reviewing everything from laptops and monitors to office chairs. He also oversees the curation of our buying guides, taking feedback on the products we've tested from contributing creatives.

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Key features
AttributesNotesRating
PricePremium priced, but good value overall★★★★
DesignGorgeous Apple looks★★★★★
PerformanceIncredible power ★★★★★
Battery lifeImpressive battery life★★★★★
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Rob Redman

The 2024 MacBook Pro M4 Pro 16" is a powerful laptop for any use case, from modelling to animating and rendering, as well as daily computing tasks. The portability and excellent battery life makes it suitable for 3D artists on the move too, so should be near the top of your shortlist and could even replace a desktop workstation for many users.

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AttributesNotesRating
PriceGreat value★★★★★
DesignStylish and very portable ★★★★★
PerformanceStrong for most tasks, but can throttle★★★★
Battery lifeExceptional longevity★★★★★
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Matt Hanson

The new features that come with the MacBook Air (M2, 2022) actually means that this is a more affordable choice for creatives who want the power of the M2 chip, but who found the price of the new MacBook Pro 13-inch too high.

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PriceHigh but justified for the performance★★★★
DesignFunctional but uninspiring★★★
PerformanceExceptional power for video editing★★★★★
Battery lifeGood for a Windows laptop★★★★
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Erlingur Einarsson

The ASUS ProArt P16, which I've had in for review over the last three weeks, takes direct aim at the MacBook Pro, head-on, and beats it. It's as simple as that.

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AttributesNotesRating
PriceLots of power for the price★★★★
DesignEditor-friendly layout★★★★
PerformanceStrong render/export times★★★★★
Battery lifeAdequate for basic editing★★★
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Erlingur Einarsson

It offers a fantastic balance of performance, screen splendour and price, with graphics performance reaching into true professional territory for a price well under £2,000. It's an all-rounder, but one for someone with serious aspirations in at least one of the creative or gaming realms.

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AttributesNotesRating
PricePremium pricing for moderate performance★★★
DesignInnovative hybrid form factor★★★★
PerformanceAdequate but not class-leading★★★
Battery lifeBelow average★★★
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Paul Hatton

If you want a laptop with all the latest specs, no matter the cost, then this is the laptop for you. It does pretty much everything really well. Its design and more importantly the implementation of the 2-in-1 functionality means the device just works in every configuration. 

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AttributesNotesRating
PriceExpensive but premium value★★★★
DesignBold and functional★★★★
PerformanceUnmatched for heavy video editing and gaming★★★★★
Battery lifeAverage★★★
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Ian Evenden

The new ASUS Zenbook Duo OLED has a lot to recommend it. It marries the internals of a high-performance Windows laptop with some excellent engineering and an avant-garde approach to how a laptop screen should function. 

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PricePremium dual-screen experience★★★★
DesignInnovative, versatile form factor★★★★★
PerformanceGreat for 4K and multitasking★★★★
Battery lifeImpressive for dual-screen setup★★★★
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Ian Evenden

It’s for gamers, obviously, but laptops like this have huge potential for creative work. They can blitz through 2D and 3D rendering, bring their power to bear on still and moving images, and the generative AI tools in Photoshop, or Lightroom denoising, are no problem at all.

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PriceHigh-end but justified for power users★★★★
DesignHeavy but durable★★★★
PerformanceOutstanding in all creative tasks★★★★★
Battery lifeFalls short for extended mobility★★★★
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Ian Evendon

The Creator Z17 is for you if you want a whole lot of computing power that you can pick up and carry with you. Just don’t travel too far away from a charger.

Asus ProArt Studiobook OLED (H7604)

Asus ProArt Studiobook OLED (H7604)
This laptop is packed with powerful components making it a strong choice for video editing. Our reviewer loved we loved the gorgeous, bright and sharp OLED screen, and there's also a dial above the top of the trackpad, which is customisable so you could use it, for example, to scrub through a timeline.
Read our 4.5-star review

Dell Precision 5470

Dell Precision 5470
Not every great video-editing laptop is a chunky, heavy beast with enormous fans and RGB lights sparkling everywhere you look. In our testing, this understated computer held up to all manner of tasks absolutely admirably, giving you exceptional performance and long-lasting battery life when video editing.
Read our 4.5-star review

Framework - Great modular laptop

Framework - Great modular laptop
Framework is a unique laptop in that you can hot-swap components in and out depending on your requirements, which makes it uniquely useful to video editors who need to multitask. Add to it the compact, easy-to-carry design, and you've got yourself a very useful video-editing workmate.
Read our 4.5-star review.

ASUS Vivobook Pro 16 - Budget option for Windows users

ASUS Vivobook Pro 16 - Budget option for Windows users
The ASUS Vivobook Pro 16 is a great multi-purpose laptop for creatives, including students in design-related industries, with the OLED screen complementing any video work perfectly. It has plenty of processing power, and the dedicated GPU keeps all visual tasks running smoothly. It's not got the best battery life, but that's a small price to pay.
Read our 4.5-star review.

MSI Raider GE78 HX - Powerful gaming laptop

MSI Raider GE78 HX - Powerful gaming laptop
If you play a lot of games as well as working as a video editor, the MSI Raider GE78 HX is another good choice. With a an Intel Core i9 processor and a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, it delivers blistering performance for speedy editing and buttery-smooth gaming. The cooling fan is noisy, though, so you may need to wear headphones.
Read our 4-star review.

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Beren Neale
Ecom Editor

Beren has worked on creative titles at Future Publishing for over 13 years. Cutting his teeth as Staff Writer on the digital art magazine ImagineFX, he moved on to edit several creative titles, and is currently the Ecommerce Editor on the most effective creative website in the world. When he's not testing and reviewing the best ergonomic office chairs, phones, laptops, TVs, monitors and various types of storage, he can be found finding and comparing the best deals on the tech that creatives value the most.

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