Looking for recommendations on a PC laptop for travel. I will be taking an extended trip this spring to visit the National Parks in the west. I will be on the road for 6-8 weeks. I will need to work one day a week on the road. The work entails QuickBooks and MS Office applications. I also want to be able to do some photo and video editing while I’m on the road so anything that is powerful enough for that will be plenty powerful enough for the work stuff. What specs should I be looking for in a PC laptop? Thanks for any suggestions.
One thing to consider as always, is the tech support by the manufacturer of the laptop. This is very important.
Speed of processor, RAM capacity and SSD storage and Auxiliary SSD backup drive.
The usual considerations.
I travel a good bit and decided on the very lightweight LG 17 inch laptop. Just under 3 pounds and excellent screen on a large screen for something you carry. Easily fits in overhead if you are not using it while flying. I use thumbbrives for BU:LG Gram 17Z95P Laptop 17" Ultra-Lightweight, IPS, (2560 x 1600), Intel Evo 11th gen CORE i7 , 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Windows 11 Home, 80Wh Battery, Alexa Built-in, 2X USB-C, HDMI, USB-A – Black
Remember most laptops don't have drives so if you have programs with disc you need external drives to load them before you leave. They're not expensive
Only has 512 HB SSD drive.
Pay attention to the quality of the screen. Not just the resolution but also color space rendition.
I recommend a Lenovo ThinkPad. Mine has a 15 inch screen; 1 TB SSD; 32 GB RAM and a dedicated video card with its own RAM. Operating system is win 10 64 bit. You may be able to get by with 16 GB RAM.
Your photo software may impact your video choices including the screen and a dedicated video card and its RAM.
If you plan to use it with an external monitor at some point, make sure the video card has a port for it.
Gene51
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Saleavitt10 wrote:
Looking for recommendations on a PC laptop for travel. I will be taking an extended trip this spring to visit the National Parks in the west. I will be on the road for 6-8 weeks. I will need to work one day a week on the road. The work entails QuickBooks and MS Office applications. I also want to be able to do some photo and video editing while I’m on the road so anything that is powerful enough for that will be plenty powerful enough for the work stuff. What specs should I be looking for in a PC laptop? Thanks for any suggestions.
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Budget? Budget is the one thing that will help you get good suggestions.
I just helped a friend get a 15.6" laptop wiht 32 gb ram (exp to 64), intel i7 11th gen cpu with 8 cores+ hyperthreading, 4 tb storage on two m.2 drives, support for 3 external displays, USB-C and USB 3.2, Nvidia 3080 with 8gb ram, for around $2k. It's fast.
photoman43 wrote:
I recommend a Lenovo ThinkPad. Mine has a 15 inch screen; 1 TB SSD; 32 GB RAM and a dedicated video card with its own RAM. Operating system is win 10 64 bit. You may be able to get by with 16 GB RAM.
Your photo software may impact your video choices including the screen and a dedicated video card and its RAM.
If you plan to use it with an external monitor at some point, make sure the video card has a port for it.
How much was the ThinkPad?
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