Processing Laptop

I can.

http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/N550JV/


Asus gear has never once let me down. There are always certain brands I've come to rely on with PC stuff. Asus motherboards, EVGA GPUs, Corsair PSUs and memory, Hitachi HDDs, and Samsung SSDs.

Not cheap, but are superb laptops. Battery life is not the best I'll admit, but how often will you be relying on it on battery?
 
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The Dell XPS15 that's been talked about. It will give around 4 hours editing time.
 
too be honest...17 inch display is pretty small for editiing....you gonna be constantly zooming in and out...a whole world of faff!

you need a proper monitor plugged in. 15"/17" is just for the quick WB adjustments and some preset applications in LR and then proofing your shots...not really for editing
 
ricky1980 said:
too be honest...17 inch display is pretty small for editiing....you gonna be constantly zooming in and out...a whole world of faff!

you need a proper monitor plugged in. 15"/17" is just for the quick WB adjustments and some preset applications in LR and then proofing your shots...not really for editing
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He's already said he doesn't have the desktop space. A laptop + monitor doesn't really take up any less desk space than a keyboard, mouse and monitor. In fact.... in terms of depth... it takes up more.
 
inkiboo said:
Getty Images send their photographers into significantly harsher environments than nearly everyone here will experience. Their laptop of choice?

Lenovo ThinkPad

Apple make some great kit but please don't think because they are made from one block of aluminium they are somehow the toughest laptop around.
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My Thinkpad T420 has blown off or been pulled off my Peli case so many times and is fine. I used it in hell of rain storm at Millwall last year. It had a cover round it, but still got plenty wet. The screen bottom left went a bit iffy for 2 days, but dried out fine.

Have a look at the W5xx range for desktop performance - rather heavy though.
 
Pookeyhead said:
I can.

http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/N550JV/


Asus gear has never once let me down. There are always certain brands I've come to rely on with PC stuff. Asus motherboards, EVGA GPUs, Corsair PSUs and memory, Hitachi HDDs, and Samsung SSDs.

Not cheap, but are superb laptops. Battery life is not the best I'll admit, but how often will you be relying on it on battery?
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DaveKing said:
I need a bit of assistance selecting a processing laptop, sadly I can't have a desktop due to space. My current laptop (Core2 Duo, 4GB ram) was OK when I was using Lightroom 3 and processing files from my Canon 450D. But this year I have upgraded to Lightroom 5 and bought a 6D and this double upgrade has caused my laptop to slow to a crawl. I keep looking at Macbook Air's but I am concerned that the screen would be too small, a Macbook Pro would be too expensive. Can anyone recommend a laptop with a high resolution & high contrast screen, strong processing power, and good battery life?

Cheers.
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DaveKing said:
Ignoring a lot of the Apple vs the rest stuff here, can anyone actually recommend a 15-17" laptop available to buy with a solid processor and IPS screen?
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Pookeyhead said:
I can.
http://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/N550JV/

Asus gear has never once let me down. There are always certain brands I've come to rely on with PC stuff. Asus motherboards, EVGA GPUs, Corsair PSUs and memory, Hitachi HDDs, and Samsung SSDs.

Not cheap, but are superb laptops. Battery life is not the best I'll admit, but how often will you be relying on it on battery?
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I don't think you're going to find an 17" IPS-screened laptop for £700.

Beware of getting a screen which is too high-contrast; I had an (oldish) Sony Vaio which was superficially fabulous but destroyed all shadow detail and was virtually impossible to calibrate.

I'd highly recommend an Asus, too. They're one of the few manufacturers to do a good matte-finish screen rather than glossy, and some of their panels cover 95% of sRGB rather than the 70% more common to LCD displays. From the factory they can be a bit blue but they calibrate well. I've got a Asus G750JX gaming laptop and it works well for files from my OM-D E-M5; it might slow down a bit with a Nikon D810's raw files. I've got dual SSD / HDD setup for performance but that's gilding, really.

(Alternatives.. Some of the HPs have guaranteed colour accurate screens. Dell used to do similar but when I was buying 6 months ago they'd virtually stopped. Lenovo used to make laptops with a built in-colourimeter, not sure whether they still do).
 
I haven't got anything specific, however, I would look at the monitor. Frankly I wouldn't use a laptop as the angle is too easy to change and then there goes any colour fidelity. I would look at a good monitor and mini system behind it. more powerful and cheaper. Frankly I think you can mount some mini PCs to the back of a large monitor and therefore space is saved. however, I think the spec is rather low.
However, on topic. Macs are certainly good for their screens
I would steer clear of any super glossy media biased screens which makes movies look good, and then there are the workhorse ones which for use outdoors in bright sunlight. equally iffy for colour reproduction.
Asus do decent kit and on a budget, do decent colour gamut monitors.
Touch screens too, I would steer away from, as you want to use the thing for colour processing, and I think that this degrades the colour fidelity a little.
 
Thanks for all your comments. I got a good deal on a Dell 7537. I'd love to have a processing desktop but I live in a typical London flat that could best be described as Bijoux and worst effing small!
 
Well I have a Asus Zenbook Win 8.1, its a copy of one of the mac as in metal body & Lid, I use a mini hdmi to VGA or Normal HDMI to connect to even larger screens

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