Advice on purchasing a quality laptop
Jun 12, 2019 06:43:03 #
My son's Dell just keeps on truckin', my HP regularly shuts itself down or "hangs" in the middle of my work, losing my work. (My wife's does the same!)
Jun 12, 2019 07:34:03 #
I used to process my photos in LR and use a laptop to do it. The only problem I had was with the size of the screen. I bought a larger monitor, connected it to the laptop and my enjoyment level went way up. Here is another thing to give thought to ... AI is working it's way into photo processing and as of now, requires some hefty computing ability. Check TOPAZ AI products to see what I mean. If your laptop has what it takes to work with AI, you're all set ... if not then give the situation some thought. So / monitor and processing power. BTW, I recently bought a desktop computer with all of the processing power needed and now I use that to do the Topaz stuff ... I still do the LR processing on the laptop - habit. My desktop has all of my photos but I also have them on an SSD external drive and that is how I get them to the laptop.
Jun 12, 2019 07:34:23 #
sergiohm wrote:
Laptop MacBook Pro but it’s over your budget, desktop try https://www.pugetsystems.com/recommended/Recommended-Systems-for-Adobe-Lightroom-Classic-CC-141
But it’s also over year budget.
Don’t despair, this website has a good content on what matters and is affordable
https://laptopunderbudget.com/best-laptops-for-photo-editing/
But it’s also over year budget.
Don’t despair, this website has a good content on what matters and is affordable
https://laptopunderbudget.com/best-laptops-for-photo-editing/
Very helpful. Thank you for posting get this site.
Jun 12, 2019 07:38:03 #
bsprague wrote:
Baysitter, br br You already have a dozen posts! ... (show quote)
I am a Costco member. I will take a look. Thank you. This does look promising.
Jun 12, 2019 07:42:26 #
Haydon wrote:
Here's a Sager custom built up-gradable for b $13... (show quote)
This is a new brand for me. Will need to check reviews but up front sounds very good. Thank you so much.
Jun 12, 2019 09:20:30 #
RICHARD46
Loc: New Jersey
Baysitter11 wrote:
I am about to lose my travel laptop. Old, like me.... (show quote)
WWW.PRO-STAR.COM. Custom made laptops.In the past 5 years I have purchased two one for the wife one for myself . My recent purchase a 17 inch laptop $1300 make it the way you like it.And great C.S.
Jun 12, 2019 09:37:31 #
Hello Baysitter
A well known manufacturer of high quality motherboards MSI “ Morning Star industries makes high quality laptop computers designed mostly for gaming and they mostly have Nvidia graphic boards in them, if you have FRYS near you their having some great pricing right now. Go on line and check them out.
A well known manufacturer of high quality motherboards MSI “ Morning Star industries makes high quality laptop computers designed mostly for gaming and they mostly have Nvidia graphic boards in them, if you have FRYS near you their having some great pricing right now. Go on line and check them out.
Baysitter11 wrote:
I am about to lose my travel laptop. Old, like me.... (show quote)
Jun 12, 2019 09:53:25 #
RichardSM wrote:
Hello Baysitter
A well known manufacturer of high quality motherboards MSI “ Morning Star industries makes high quality laptop computers designed mostly for gaming and they mostly have Nvidia graphic boards in them, if you have FRYS near you their having some great pricing right now. Go on line and check them out.
A well known manufacturer of high quality motherboards MSI “ Morning Star industries makes high quality laptop computers designed mostly for gaming and they mostly have Nvidia graphic boards in them, if you have FRYS near you their having some great pricing right now. Go on line and check them out.
Jun 12, 2019 10:06:05 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
I have the smaller LapTopPro for Apple been traveling with me for about 5 years. Love the screen quality and Canon Support. You can buy cheeper. PS It is also insured with my camera equipment from State Farm.
Jun 12, 2019 11:42:36 #
Jun 12, 2019 11:50:40 #
Baysitter11 wrote:
I am about to lose my travel laptop. Old, like me.... (show quote)
You should be able to find a good Dell laptop in that price range. Just do a search, or if you are a Costco member look there. They double the Dell warranty so that's why I used Costco.
Jun 12, 2019 11:51:17 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
Whenever I need a new laptop I go to my local computer store (not a big box store). I tell them what I'm using the computer for (primarily photo processing); they ask some questions (no, I'm not a gamer!) and they recommend a number of lap tops that will meet my need. It is the only way I now buy a lap top.
Jun 12, 2019 14:35:33 #
Be sure to get Windows 10 PRO, not Home. Also, I prefer ACER rather than a mainland Chinese computer. My ACER is 6-core, i7, 32GB RAM, 1 TB SSD, 1 TB HD, 17.3" display, etc. It cost $1800 and I am very happy with it. I have a Lenovo laptop and ASUS. By far and away, the ACER does the job and the display calibrates nicely to the sRGB gamut. The Lenovo was only about 80%. Carefully check out the capability of the display to be able to match the sRGB gamut since you want to process photos.
Jun 12, 2019 14:50:08 #
bsprague wrote:
Baysitter, br br You already have a dozen posts! ... (show quote)
This is a decent deal on a good machine. My only question is to whether there are any open DRAM slots so that you can increase the DRAM to 32 GB eventually - you should be able to find this out from Lenovo. BTW, the only reason I can think that Windows 10 Pro (vs Home) would be worth paying for is the ability to defer updates, and there are other ways to do that with the Home version if you feel the need. If someone else knows why any of the other additional features of the Pro version are worth paying for with a home machine, I’m all ears.
Jun 12, 2019 15:12:24 #
TriX wrote:
This is a decent deal on a good machine. My only q... (show quote)
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