what would a good laptop to start with to run light room I have one now but wont let me run the set up
ive been offered a Lenovo i5 t420 with 8gb
that's interesting, I'm just starting out, not got LR yet but I do have a MacBook Air and was of the thought I'd have to go to a decent spec MacBook pro. I don't want a desktop or go back to windows so do you think an MB pro would cope pretty well if your MB air did OK?I’ve got a Macbook Air in the classifieds at the moment which runs Lightroom quite comfortably. Not the fastest thing in the world, but adequate.
A Macbook Pro would do what you want easily, I should think.that's interesting, I'm just starting out, not got LR yet but I do have a MacBook Air and was of the thought I'd have to go to a decent spec MacBook pro. I don't want a desktop or go back to windows so do you think an MB pro would cope pretty well if your MB air did OK?
Thanks Stephen, sorry for temporary thread hijackA Macbook Pro would do what you want easily, I should think.
My MBP is a late 2011 i7 with 8GB of RAM - whilst importing files and opening the catalogue can be a little on the slow side (an SSD upgrade would take care of that of course), editing tasks and stitching pano's etc are handled with no worries at all. You could pick up an MBP from a couple of years ago and it would handle LR with ease.
You really should replace the hard disk with a SSD the difference is like night and day, you will be amazed at how fast it will boot and apps open up in a couple of seconds.
TBH it is not that difficult, I did mine in about 15 minutes.
Most 'budget' T-series Lenovo laptops are geared for business use with long battery life, I have one and can regularly get 8+ hours out of the battery whenj working on-site, but they have TN display panels, which are not good for photo editing. Some have upgraded IPS panels, and these are great for image editing. If the machine you have been offered has a TN panel, then I would steer clear, when I tried LR on mine it was shockingly bad.
I extended my budget after reviewing laptops and bought the Dell XPS 13, I am not disappointed.