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Art/Photo editing college laptop?

  • 23-07-2012 8:02pm
    #1
    PerrinV2
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Sorry about the title but that was the description I was given by my sister.
    Basically she's doing an art and design course and is need of new laptop.
    I think the only programs that will be running on it are adobe photoshop and microsoft office so I don't think it needs to be all that powerfull.
    So any1 here could recommend some tech specs I should keep an out for in shops or even better could recommend a laptop that would be great.
    I think her budget is around 500


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  • #2
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    For ~500 Euros she'll find plenty 2nd generation Core i3 laptops. If she can add another €100, she'll get a 3rd genration Core i5 laptop. Or wait a little while until the Core i3 Ivy Bridge CPUs become availavble.


  • #3
    PerrinV2
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 6,337 Mod ✭✭✭✭PerrinV2


    Torqay wrote: »
    For ~500 Euros she'll find plenty 2nd generation Core i3 laptops. If she can add another €100, she'll get a 3rd genration Core i5 laptop. Or wait a little while until the Core i3 Ivy Bridge CPUs become availavble.

    Is it worth making the jump to i5 though for her considering it'll really only be photoshop and office on it?


  • #4
    Torqay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,835 ✭✭✭Torqay


    Depending on the image size and workload, PS can be quite demanding in terms of CPU power. While Photoshop benefits from Nvidia's CUDA technology, the CPU is more important. If I had to choose between, say, a Sandy Bridge Core i3 with some entry level Geforce GPU (which you'll find for 500 Euro) and an Ivy Bridge Core i5 with Intel HD 4000, I'd certainly take the latter.


  • #5
    Jarren
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭Jarren


    I'd go for the Ivy Bridge myself if given a choice because simply PS can be very demanding on the laptops's cpu.

    There is a decent deal for Ivy cpu on laptopsdirect atm

    http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Lenovo_G580_Windows_7_Laptop__MAA4UUK/version.asp


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