high spec laptop required guys, your advice please

ace2109 · 10 Nov 2007 at 09:46

hi guys,
i am going to be buying a new big rig and a laptop for photo and video editing. They will both need to run software like photoshop and adobe premiere etc.

I have the spec for my big rig, thanks to the guys in the general hardware section but now i need a really good laptop.

It must have

wifi
gigabite ethernet
firewire
at least 4gb of ram
good graphics card

budget is £1100, could maybe push it to £1200 if the spec is right.

what do you guys think???

Bennah · 10 Nov 2007 at 10:29

Well for starters if you are doing video editing, you would want one with a graphics engine that would suit your needs. We would be talking about a nVidia Quadro FX. Also a large decent screen is needed.

After a quick search, take a look at the Dell Precision range.

lay-z-boy · 10 Nov 2007 at 10:57

Take a look at the dell precision range, should fit the bill.

Solaris · 10 Nov 2007 at 11:01

I usually suggest alienware for that type of stuff, but would be tight on that budget.

Dell prcision from me too...

bigredshark · 11 Nov 2007 at 23:12

New Dell Precision M2300 would be my choice at the moment, I'm going to try and talk my boss into getting me one tomorrow. Only a 14" screen but if you have a desktop I can't see the point in a 17" brick you'll never be bothered to take beyond your front door because it's so damn heavy!

hiroofheroes · 11 Nov 2007 at 23:29

for photoshop and video editing you will see no difference between a low end or high end graphics card - purely cpu intensive tasks. Also make sure you get a fast hdd as this will be the major bottleneck for video editing - if a laptop has an e-sata port this would help immensely as you could run a high speed high capacity desktop drive external to the laptop.