laptop help - mainly for image editing

antc · 8 Oct 2008 at 20:41

Hello,

I am currently looking for a new laptop mainly for image editing put possibly if one falls into budget for a light bit of gaming, mainly footy manager or possibly cs.

Anyways i have set myself a budget of 600-700 pounds. I had looked at macs but at this price range they are out of my budget, as i would really like a 15 inch or bigger screen. So far the below laptops are ones that have caught my eye spec wise and the acer was recomended in this months photo plus magazine.

SONY VGN-FW11E
HP DV6855
acer 5910g gemstone
dell studio 15 and 17

All seem to have good spec, both look nice and are within my budget. What i am really wanting help to work out is are these the best laptops i can get for my budget? Am i overlooking anything or missing something?

Help me please

Thanks

Anthony

antc · 11 Oct 2008 at 13:20

No body got any ideas or suggestions?

Shadows1990 · 11 Oct 2008 at 13:25

I would recommend the Dell Studio range for that sort of requirements.
Also, it has the choice of a backlit keyboard, which is always a nice feature to have.

Russinating · 11 Oct 2008 at 15:47

M1530 from Dell outlet?

Shadows1990 · 11 Oct 2008 at 16:35

rghjones said:
M1530 from Dell outlet?

This would also be a good idea, as the new Photoshop (CS4) apparently offloads some of the processing to the GPU, and many of the Outlet XPS M1530's come with the Nvidia 8600M GT. This should become fairly useful when CS4 rolls out.