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Hello. I'm retiring my desktop (it's getting quite old, runs an i7 6700, 16gb ram, ssd and a gtx960). It's sluggish and struggles with lightroom and photoshop, and is generally suffering from being a bit old! I also get incompatibility warnings with lightroom since it was upgraded to include the ai stuff...
Mostly, I want a laptop - I don't want to have to retire to the other room to process holiday pics.
I am open to switching software to something else - I've had dxo photolab 6 recommended - but what laptop options for under £800 would work? Options at the moment look like base m1 macbook air (8gb ram seems low and no graphics card!) or a lenovo Yoga 7 Pro (i7-13700H, 16gb ram, 2.5k screen with 100 percent srgb and no graphics card). Is there another option out there?
I'm after something that'll smoothly process raw files and, very occasionally, do a bit of hdr or focus stacking (even if it's slow). Raw files are 24mp from a lumix S5 and 16mp from an olympus epl7.
I've heard that, increasingly, graphics cards matter, which is a massive shame (they seem to add massively to cost and size!). Is this true?
Not after pro-level work flow or video editing, at all - that'll cost too much - just a nice experience editing and exporting photos using wither lightroom and photoshop or something else. 100 percent srgb is a must, wider is better - but for printing I can always plug into my monitor and assess there. Appreciate any advice from hobbyist photogs on a budget out there!
Mostly, I want a laptop - I don't want to have to retire to the other room to process holiday pics.
I am open to switching software to something else - I've had dxo photolab 6 recommended - but what laptop options for under £800 would work? Options at the moment look like base m1 macbook air (8gb ram seems low and no graphics card!) or a lenovo Yoga 7 Pro (i7-13700H, 16gb ram, 2.5k screen with 100 percent srgb and no graphics card). Is there another option out there?
I'm after something that'll smoothly process raw files and, very occasionally, do a bit of hdr or focus stacking (even if it's slow). Raw files are 24mp from a lumix S5 and 16mp from an olympus epl7.
I've heard that, increasingly, graphics cards matter, which is a massive shame (they seem to add massively to cost and size!). Is this true?
Not after pro-level work flow or video editing, at all - that'll cost too much - just a nice experience editing and exporting photos using wither lightroom and photoshop or something else. 100 percent srgb is a must, wider is better - but for printing I can always plug into my monitor and assess there. Appreciate any advice from hobbyist photogs on a budget out there!