Recent content by Littlesackninja

A i7 would definitely be better, Photoshop and After Effects will benefit loads from the hyperthreading + clock speed boost. If you are doing 3D applications such as Maya or 3DS Max. Then i7 will help a lot in render times + with lots of polygons. Despite this I would recommend getting a Desktop...

What Power Supply do you have? Alot of Laptops only have a small power supply/power brick just enough for their setup, your power brick will probably limit you.

What Graphics card do you have, Because if you have a modern Nvidia 700 Series+ Graphics card then shadowplay might be a valid option, as it has no performance loss (basically) and can record 1080 60Fps (2560x1440 may be coming in the future).

Steam?

The Macbook notebooks would be a good choice, They are designed for that kind of stuff, And you could put an sad in one possibly, Not sure though (Some MacBooks come with ssd's)

+1 For the above, Totally agree, i5 Processors are more for gaming and for what your doing, An i3 with Hyperthreading is more than enough.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/169277/Alienware_m17x_review.html Alienware M17x. I had/have the M15x which came out in 2005, And even that was Pretty fast Especially when i upgraded it to a Gtx 560m. The Alienware M1*x Laptops are Superfast and easily upgradable. The M17x Might be a bit above...