Laptop for School and heavy Photoshop/Mild Gaming

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+ Reply to ThreadResults 1 to 3 of 3 Thread: Laptop for School and heavy Photoshop/Mild GamingBookmark & Share LinkBack URL Add Thread to del.icio.usTweet this threadShare on FacebookReddit!Google+StumbleUponThread ToolsShow Printable VersionSubscribe to this Thread…Search Thread Advanced SearchToday, 02:01 PM#1suishishiro Newbie Join Date Aug 2013Posts 1Rep Power 0 Laptop for School and heavy Photoshop/Mild Gaming

1) What is your budget?
2100 ish

2) What size notebook would you prefer?
d. Mainstream; 15" - 16" screen
e. Desktop Replacement; 17"+ screen

3) Where will you buying this notebook? You can select the flag of your country as an indicator.

4) Are there any brands that you prefer or any you really don't like?
a. Like:Asus, Acer, Apple
b. Dislike: hp, dell...
5) Would you consider laptops that are refurbished/redistributed?
nope
6) What are the primary tasks will you be performing with this notebook?
school, image editing and some gaming
7) Will you be taking the notebook with you to different places, leaving it on your desk or both?
Both
8) Will you be playing games on your notebook? If so, please state which games or types of games?
not 100% to sure. most likely just some steam games and borderlands 2
9) How many hours of battery life do you need?
at least 4 -5

10) Would you prefer to see the notebooks you're considering before purchasing it or buying a notebook on-line without seeing it is OK?
Sort of
11) What OS do you prefer? Windows (Windows 7 / 8), Mac OS, Linux, etc.
mac - os or windows 7... no 8....
Screen Specifics

12) From the choices below, what screen resolution(s) would you prefer? Keep in mind screen size in conjunction with resolution will play a large role in overall viewing comfort level. Everyone is different. Some like really small text, while others like their text big and easy to read. Click here for Screen resolution information.

1920 x 1080 is good

13) Do you want a Glossy/reflective screen or a Matte/non-glossy screen?
no gloss...
Build Quality and Design

14) Are the notebook's looks and stylishness important to you?
meh.. not to weight like 20 pounds... lord lol....
15) When are you buying this laptop?
Asap.... leave for vacation in 2 weeks then school starts
16) How long do you want this laptop to last?
6+ years
Notebook Components

17) How much hard drive space do you need? Do you want a SSD drive?
doesn't matter
18) Do you need an optical drive? If yes, a DVD Burner, Blu-ray Reader or Blu-Ray Burner?
doesn't matter

My friend offered my a brand new lenovo: W530 for $2000. Intel i7 3.8ghz, 16 gb ddr3 ram, 256 SSD, 1000k Nvida Graphics. Its tempting but I'm worried about the shipping.

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You will have to sacrifice battery life or gaming performance. If you want gaming performance, then a powerful GPU is going to eat into the battery runtimes.

You can go for a custom CLevo/MSI build from Reflex Notebook Canada - Your Source for Sager Notebooks and Laptops in Canada
You should be able to configure a good laptop with a GTX 780M/ 8970M with a base quad core i7 with 8/16GB of RAM.

Some US resellers you can get the same laptop from are Mythlogic, XoticPC, LPC Digital, GentechPC, PowerNotebooks, ProStar, etc.

If you want the best support for Photoshop, I would recommend looking at business workstations like the ThinkPad W530, Precision M4700 and the EliteBook 8570W. These are not good for gaming but they will offer you great support for your software as well having screens that will help you with image editing. You should be able to get a good deal by directly contacting the respective OEMs and haggling with them. You can make the RAM and SSD upgrades yourself. They work out cheaper that way.

You can also try the Lenovo IdeaPad Y510p. It covers the sRGB space pretty well. Should work out much cheaper too. I don't recommend the SLI version. Adding the RAM and SSD should be pretty painless. You can get it from the Lenovo Canada website.

Last edited by idiot101; Today at 05:33 PM.

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Photoshop uses OpenCL nowadays, something AMD is very good at. If you go with the 8970m (MSI, Sager either one), you should be good on both fronts. This is a good notebook. It comes to about $1700 with the 8970m, an OS, 3 year warranty extension and the 95% gamut screen (since you are doing a lot of photoshop; it's a $50 upgrade). I think that is a very good price considering you would spend about $120 on a 128GB SSD (~$200 on 256) and would still stay under your max budget.

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