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In the near future I'm hoping to change my pc for a laptop to use for my photography , my question is what will I need ? I wil be using Photoshop elements 9 and using it for general Internet surfing , at the moment I don't have any idea of budget but don't want to regret my purchase in a few months time
 
If it's for image editing, particularly if it's your main machine for the purpose rather than a desktop then you're going to need a well specified machine.

Fast processor, plenty of RAM, powerful graphics card, a big hard drive for storage and a quality screen display The huge digital files we get nowadays are imposing a bigger burden on PCs and it increases with pretty much each new camera.

I'd choose carefully and try to future proof your purchase as much as you can.
 
I was having the same dilemma. I just picked up a well spec'd 17" laptop from dell outlet. 2nd gen i5 processor with 6gb ram, 640gb hdd and 1gb dual core graphics card all for £367. Website gets updated around 15:00 each day so keep an eye out.
 
I have just updated my laptop, I went for an Asus, intel i5 chip, 4gb ram, 640gb HD runs photoshop CS5 & lightroom 3 a dream really please and only £400
 
Thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply ,it was very helpful,Harvey
 
I bought this Acer 5741G in Perth, Oz. i wanted to game and process my travel images.

It cost me $1200, which upsets me a little as i now see that alot of people have much better laptops for alot less. But hey, never mind. i still love it and it goes like poop of a scoop :clap:

I3 2x 2.33Ghz
4GB DDR3 RAM
500gb HDD
1GB Nvidia GT320m Never any GPU issues (which also runs call of duty MW2 flawlessly)
15.6" screen
 
As far as specs go, any laptop with a Core i3 or above (hell, even a Pentium dual core) and 4GB RAM will do the job, no need for a state-of-the-art graphics card because they only really make a difference with video and 3D stuff (as in gaming and rendering, not as in "stuff that flies out of the screen at you").

Your big problem is going to be the screen. Most laptop screens are ill suited for precision colour work, to say the least. I work on a regular Asus laptop and my pics look different on every display that I look at them, so I'm never really sure of what other people are going to see when I share them online. On the other hand, you can always purchase a calibration kit if you see you're starting to take things seriously...
 
CT said:
The huge digital files we get nowadays are imposing a bigger burden on PCs and it increases with pretty much each new camera.
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Not really. Like you say, file sizes are increasing, but so are both HDD space and how many chips we can fit on a microprocessor, meaning processing is faster. We've now gone above Moore's Law, meaning our computers are getting more powerful faster.

For example, 10 years ago, we talked about Megabytes. Today, we talk about Terabytes (and Nasa talks about Petabytes :p)
 
Boofle said:
As far as specs go, any laptop with a Core i3 or above (hell, even a Pentium dual core) and 4GB RAM will do the job, no need for a state-of-the-art graphics card because they only really make a difference with video and 3D stuff (as in gaming and rendering, not as in "stuff that flies out of the screen at you").

Your big problem is going to be the screen. Most laptop screens are ill suited for precision colour work, to say the least. I work on a regular Asus laptop and my pics look different on every display that I look at them, so I'm never really sure of what other people are going to see when I share them online. On the other hand, you can always purchase a calibration kit if you see you're starting to take things seriously...
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This, although I'd spec a second gen i5 as minimum (and my laptop is a second gen i7 quad core).

The screen is the biggest issue. I have a 1920x1080 display on my laptop, and wouldn't want to go back to a 1366x768 to try and process images. The Dell screen I have gets great reviews for colour rendition, but the machines with them in (XPS) aren't cheap...
 
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