You can do some video editing on your phone or tablet, and I covered some of them in Lesson 24 of 30 Days of GoPro. It doesn’t matter if it’s just for fun as a hobby, family vacations, YouTube videos, or marketing videos for your business.
But if you want to do more with your videos, like string multiple clips together into one video, add background music, maybe add a title or some transitions… that’s video editing. You don’t have to edit videos at all… you can upload them straight to social media as is–Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, whatever. But, to back up a little bit, I want to make sure you know what we’re talking about with “video editing”. I should tell you now that I really, really like video editing. Read my disclosure policy here.) Best Computer for Video Editing ( The links in this post are affiliate links, and we will be compensated when you make a purchase by clicking our links. So, in this post, I want to talk about what to look for if you’re in the market for updating your computer for video editing. I get this question a lot: “What is the best computer for video editing?” It doesn’t matter if we’re talking YouTube videos or GoPro videos, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with computers! Processors! RAM! Memory! Gigabytes! Megahertz! Solid State Drive! RIGHT?! There are so many options from laptops to desktops and Macs to PCs, and none of them are inexpensive.
