Laptop required for high-end digital photography capture. Suggestions?

Dinarius

I am about to buy a 39Mp digital camera.

I will be using it on location and I will require a laptop that has the following:

1. FireWire 800 (IEEE1394b) and USB.

2. At least 2Gb RAM.

3. 80Gb Hard Drive.

4. DVD drive.

5. Fast processor.

The laptop will only be used for image capture. It will not be used for processing the RAW files, so I will not have Photoshop or anything else on it.

But, speed is of the essence. So, I will require fast RAM and a fast processor.

The quality of the screen is immaterial. I just want to be able to see what I've captured. That's all. Colour accuracy will be determined/adjusted on my desktop at home.

I'd like to spend under €1k, if possible.

Suggestions would be most welcome.

Thanks.

D.

Passenger

For Photography a MacBook Pro is your choice. Really the display, if calibrated properly, is way better than any PC equivalent but as you say you require speed then any old Dell will do but I always reccommend Macs simply as the're optomised for the professional.

melekalikimaka

i'd say the opposite, dont touch a mac.

go for a bog standard dell, with maxed outram and your grand

Dinarius

Thanks for the suggestions.

I don't use Macs. Gave them up a few years back. I have two PC desktops with serious calibrated monitors that I use for editing.

As I wrote, I will only need this new laptop for capture. Nothing else.

So, if it's to be a DELL, then which one? I think they have a few ranges.

Thanks.

D.

Lord Deco

Vostro range in the small and medium business section is good value (you dont need to have a business,available to home users),comes with xp pro too....

14.1"

BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional - English edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support edit
LCD 14.1" Wide Screen WXGA (1280x800) TFT Display edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Matte Jet Black without Camera edit
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024) edit
HARD DRIVE 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive edit
GRAPHICS CARD 128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS with 90 watt AC adapter edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software edit
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
€ 700.59

E-Value Code
305-N1214004

15.4"

BASE Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor T7250 (2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB, 2 MB L2-cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional - English edit
HARDWARE SUPPORT Base Warranty - 1 Year Business Hardware Support edit
LCD 15.4" Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Matte Jet Black with 2.0 mega pixel camera edit
MEMORY 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024) edit
HARD DRIVE 160GB (5400RPM) SATA Hard Drive edit
GRAPHICS CARD 128MB nVidia® GeForce® 8400M GS edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive edit
PRIMARY BATTERY Primary 6-cell Lithium-Ion Battery (56 WHr)
€ 785.29

E-Value Code
305-N1215005

They should have more than enough speed for what you want,dont think 4gb ram is needed yet...

Dinarius

Deco,

Look perfect!

Thanks.

D.

Edited: Deco, I assume that it has a FireWire connection. Right? I just can't see it mentioned anywhere. Ta. D.

AlmightyCushion

Dinarius wrote: »

Edited: Deco, I assume that it has a FireWire connection. Right? I just can't see it mentioned anywhere. Ta. D.

I don't think the vostros do have a firewire port. You should be able to get an express card that adds firewire ports to your laptop.

Dinarius

AC,

What's an express card?

What does it connect to on the computer?

Thanks.

D.

AlmightyCushion

Basically it's the newer version of the pcmcia slot. There will be a little slot somewhere on the laptop where you just slide the card into. It should be on all new laptops. It's on my dell and that's over a year old.

Jonathan

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I don't think the vostros do have a firewire port. You should be able to get an express card that adds firewire ports to your laptop.

I'm posting off a 1400 now.. and it has one.