New Lappy to handle Lightroom

[Rob-D]

Im about to buy a new laptop but need a little help from somone more technically minded. I wont be doing any gaming but it will need to handle CS5 and Lightroom and just general internet browsing.

My budget is £400 tops and rather like the look of this one

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So, do you thinnk this would cope or do you have any other ideas to throw at me? I need to make a fairly quick decision so any help advice will be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance, Rob

 

[dentedshed]

Got this last week http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/hp-g62-b25sa-blue-laptop-07757096-pdt.html. The i3 processor is definitely fast if that helps any.

 

[Rob-D]

Thanks for that but £400 is my max. At this price its not going to be an all singing and dancing lappy I know but as long as it can cope with photo editing I will be happy. I get confused with the graphics card issue onboard, dedicated etc etc. Its jargon to me so just need a little advice.

 

[neil_g]

this recent thread may help your question on graphics cards..

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=289531

 

[RicherSea]

Personally, I'd want 4Gb of RAM if I was planning to run CS5, but I'm sure it'll be ok, it just depends on how much PS work you want to do on it and how quick it needs to be. My laptop with a 1Ghz processor and 2Gb of RAM will run CS4 quite happily, but it certainly isn't quick, nor is it quick at rendering stuff out of Light room.

Are you thinking of this as your only photo editing PC, or do you have a desktop as well?