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Good Laptop for image processing..

  • 10-10-2008 8:57am
    #1
    jackdaw
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    Hi
    I'm looking to get a good powerfull laptop that can handle
    photoshop photo editing of 21MP images + RAW files.

    I think 21MP high detail JPEG would be about 10MB, and RAW 21MP would
    be around 40MB ?

    anyway .. I'd need a large screen (17" for laptop is large?) im thinking id need at
    least 4GB of ram for such large images , and maybe a good video card ?

    also 500GB hdd aswell ... my budget is around €1,300 .. should that cover it ?

    and can people recommend a good make ? preferably not made in China .. but i suppose that's probably impossible these days...


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  • #2
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,696 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    An Apple powerbook would be my first thoughts, there very expensive but you may find a year or 2 old one within budget and you can extend the warranty if you need peace of mind....
    I bought an imac for image processing, it's a joy to use...

    something like this might do...

    http://cgi.ebay.ie/SEALED-APPLE-MACBOOK-PRO-2-6-Ghz-PROCESSOR-4GB-RAM_W0QQitemZ260298044827QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260298044827&_trkparms=39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A3%7C240%3A1308&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14


  • #3
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭jackdaw


    Yeah those Apple's are nice .. but i think Apples are overpriced....

    where are they made ? China ?


  • #4
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,696 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    do you really need a laptop....this 24inch screen is amazing for images, it will feel like money well spent..

    http://store.apple.com/ie/product/FB325B/A


  • #5
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    While I wouldn't necessarily agree with Drunkmonkey- it is a reasonable question- do you really need a laptop, or will a desktop do? What you're talking about is fairly heavy number crunching- and the sort of thing that most laptops will take an inordinate length of time to do. A properly spec'ed desktop would be a lot more appropriate for the task.....


  • #6
    bnt
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    If money is no object, a desktop PC and a Cintiq monitor would be the way to go - or a Tablet PC. (Not a "touchscreen laptop" - a real Tablet PC has a pressure-sensitive pen digitizer.) Both allow you to work directly on screen, not via a mouse or graphics tablet.

    You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.

    ―Oscar Wilde predicting Social Media, in The Picture of Dorian Gray



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  • #7
    jackdaw
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,788 ✭✭✭jackdaw


    smccarrick wrote: »
    While I wouldn't necessarily agree with Drunkmonkey- it is a reasonable question- do you really need a laptop, or will a desktop do? What you're talking about is fairly heavy number crunching- and the sort of thing that most laptops will take an inordinate length of time to do. A properly spec'ed desktop would be a lot more appropriate for the task.....

    Well for the moment it needs to be a laptop .. i don't have the room for a desktop yet ... i will get a desktop sometime next year when i get a decent apartment...


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