Laptop for streaming (not games) and Photoshop/Vegas

andy85wsm · 5 Nov 2018 at 14:42

Hey all,

I'm looking to buy a laptop for max £1000 but realistically I'd prefer to spend in the 800-900 area.

I primarily need it for photoshop editing (very basic stuff) as well as Sony Vegas video editing - again, very basic, put a few clips together, trim the start/end and render.

I also stream, although not for gaming. It's basically using xSplit and then a background image + web cam as the scene as well as a screengrab from a website.

What's the minimum I can get away with?

Longer term I'm likely to use it for photoshop mostly, but the ability to render a video and stream would be handy. As would playing Fortnite (although this is not a must have).

Was looking at this one - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...n-bezel-i7-8750h-gaming-laptop-lt-27z-ms.html

ver01@ · 5 Nov 2018 at 15:29

You will need a FHD or higher resolution screen so that limits your options which is good as you wont get lost looking at every laptop. As you will be using it for photo editing then you need to check reviews and see how good colour reproduction is. Glossy screens are better in that respect.

andy85wsm · 5 Nov 2018 at 15:30

I should probably note I really do use photoshop in a very basic way. I have most of the templates setup, it's just for editing them or creating new ones but it's for background images for the streams/videos rather than editing photos I've taken etc.

What about this one? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...n-bezel-i7-8750h-gaming-laptop-lt-27z-ms.html

ver01@ · 5 Nov 2018 at 15:47

Budget IPS panel with grainy overlay so wouldn't be my pick for a PC that will be used for media creation.

andy85wsm · 5 Nov 2018 at 15:51

ver01@ said:
Budget IPS panel with grainy overlay so wouldn't be my pick for a PC that will be used for media creation.

What would you suggest?

ver01@ · 5 Nov 2018 at 16:14

Dell XPS or possibly or a Lenovo Yoga but that will be over your budget

andy85wsm · 5 Nov 2018 at 17:25

Okay...

So for anyone else

Will this laptop allow me to run the programs I need to as well as stream? https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...n-bezel-i7-8750h-gaming-laptop-lt-27z-ms.html

andy85wsm · 12 Nov 2018 at 11:28

Small bump on this one.

Just want to make sure it would let me render a video on Vegas as well as make edits in Photoshop

andy85wsm · 10 Apr 2019 at 17:03

Would any of these be good for streaming (not games, just my webcam from xsplit) and photoshop?

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/gaming-laptops/gaming-laptops/amd-rx

seems to be some big savings

andy85wsm · 30 May 2019 at 21:25

Back to looking at something like this - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus...4hz-3ms-i7-8750h-gaming-laptop-lt-27j-as.html

I see there's pretty good savings on XPS 15 9570 (16gb RAM model) - 1332 euro basically.

I know there's a new one coming out but I assume it will be with none of the savings.

In terms of weight it's 2.4kg for a gaming one, and 1.8kg for the xps. Is that weight saving really worth it? Otherwise it's literally just the screen that is better for photoshop on XPS 15 right? Otherwise specs are better on the gaming laptop and I can probably still do photoshop and editing on it too?

andy85wsm · 11 Jul 2019 at 15:21

Thought I'd circle back on this.

Finally bought a XPS 15 - 7590, 16gb RAM version.

Really liking it so far. It's not quite as nice to use as the Macbook Air my partner uses for work but for a Windows person it's been great outside of that.

glenimp617 · 19 Aug 2020 at 18:15

andy85wsm said:
Thought I'd circle back on this.

Finally bought a XPS 15 - 7590, 16gb RAM version.

Really liking it so far. It's not quite as nice to use as the Macbook Air my partner uses for work but for a Windows person it's been great outside of that.

Hi Andy,

Did you go LCD or OLED on your laptop

andy85wsm · 27 Aug 2020 at 17:31

TheOracle said:
Hi Andy,

Did you go LCD or OLED on your laptop

Just LCD I think.