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Adrian,
Sorry to hear about your damaged laptop.
I was in the shops yesterday looking around at the last minuted June 30th Laptop sales. I saw a number of I7 laptops near the 1000$ mark, so not sure you need to spend 1800 for one. Also I would reccomend looking for a Laptop with a USB 3.0 and a ESATA port if possible. As most of the Consumer laptops dont seem to have expansion slots, it would be best to get one with at least USB 3.0 already onboard. Look for the Blue USB sockets these identify them as being USB 3.0. But I also noted the current HP modesl dont have a a diffrent color for USB 3.0 ports, so check the specs before you buy.
Personally I think your better of getting a light weight say AMD Fusion Laptop that can handle all your capturing work and then have a Custom built Desktop for your processing. Desktops are far more easier to upgrade than Laptops. AMD are bringing out a new Fusion processor that will have USB 3.0 controller on the CPU.
Lots of options.
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