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Looking for powerful laptops

b3six

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I'm looking to buy a laptop soon and was wondering what is a good company to go with? I'm going to be using it with photoshop/photography. would need something with accurate colors if thats even possibel in a laptop..but lookin for suggestions! not looking to spend much but something that can handle photoshop/huge photos/good colors
 
Your best bet would be to get one with tons of RAM, a decent CPU and DVI out so that way you can hook into an external LCD
 
i doubt there will be an extneral monitor..im buying this laptop for a friend..goin to be buyin 2 of the same 1s and I personally use a mac, but they are windows users and I don't know what company to go with. any suggestions?
 
There are no companies that specialize in what you are looking for. So take the advice of tons of ram, a good cpu and dvi or hdmi out. Then just price/performance it out. www.notebookreview.com is also helpful for reviews and help with where to start.
 
k thx! im lookin for more of a company with good support..like ive had bad experience with dell so i built my own computer since i learned how but with laptops i cant do that.. so dont know what to choose! I would choose macfor them , but they r a little pricey
 
Lenovo or Apple for Support and for the features that I outlined. Basically every laptop has a crappy display comparatively speaking, it is side-effect of their size, it is just that some displays are more crappy than others. Now, me personally, I think my laptop display is gorgeous, but I definitely notice banding due to the 6bit panel.
 
ill look up lenovo, never heard of them! so thanks 🙂 and yea I have an apple macbook pro and love it 🙂 but I can tell its not the best display
 
Lenovo took over IBM's thinkpad business, they're a major company.

For PhotoShop you'll want 2 - 4 GB of RAM, an Intel Core 2 processor (2.0 - 2.5 GHz), 120 - 250 GB hard drive (for space and better performance). A real video card will improve performance in Vista (low-end cards are fine) and will keep onboard video from stealing RAM.

Dell Small Business sells PCs like that for around $1,450 or $1,800 with MS Office Professional.
 
You can get a Thinkpad T61p mobile workstation in either 14.1 or 15.4" screen size that offers up to a 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Quadro FX570M graphics, and ABGN wireless for $850 to start and about $1600 fully loaded with 9 cell battery. Lenovo's current discounts are incredible.

Edit: Make sure you use the cpp discounts. Use www.lenovo.com/cpp and apply code 556655 to get another 15% off.

Make sure you add your configuration to cart to see the additional discounts. I just configured a fully loaded 15.4" T61p for $1600.
 
Originally posted by: 996GT2
You can get a Thinkpad T61p mobile workstation in either 14.1 or 15.4" screen size that offers up to a 2.6 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 250GB HDD, Quadro FX570M graphics, and ABGN wireless for $850 to start and about $1600 fully loaded with 9 cell battery. Lenovo's current discounts are incredible.

Edit: Make sure you use the cpp discounts. Use www.lenovo.com/cpp and apply code 556655 to get another 15% off.

Make sure you add your configuration to cart to see the additional discounts. I just configured a fully loaded 15.4" T61p for $1600.

Welcome to the556655 club. Seconded.
 
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