I've been looking around alot for a tablet i can use photoshop on (to use as a graphics tablet with a screen), and after coming across the laptop/tablet hybrids i think one of these would be perfect. i know i could buy a graphics tablet for half or less the price and get a similar if not better accuracy results however its always easier and get better results when drawing on paper with a pencil so drawing on a touchscreen with a stylus should be the same (depending on if the touch screen is good enough(as with the massive wacom cintiq, but those are really expensive and not what im looking for as im learning rather than are already experienced)). my price range is around £1000, a little over is acceptable but higher than £1100 is pushing it unless its the perfect choice(so if you find something for £1250 please feel free to let me know but only if its exactly what im looking for)
i am doing a computer game development course and want it mainly for photoshop(to design concepts, create textures etc), with the ability to run 3d modelling/scuplting software(to preview it on the sae device quickly to see roughly what it looks like). i also want to do coding on it (learning) so decent/compfy to use keyboard, aswell as personal stuff aswell (browsing the net, watching videos etc)
ive watched a video of a guy using photoshop and zbrush to create a decent looking head sculplture all on a microsoft surface pro. now this seems perfect however ive been looking around alot to see if theres anything better out there. i have a pretty amazing desktop computer so any hardcore stuff such as 3D modelling(high poly), gaming, and other processes i will all do on that. however this is for an alternative for a graphics tablet. but also i want a laptop, however a tablet seemed good enough instead of a laptop as i never wanted it for extensive use, just casual personal use for when im not at my desktop. and then thats when i foudn about the hybrids which would also be able to combine the graphics tablet part aswell. (the graphics tablet im using as a comparison in terms of accuracy, price etc is the intuos 5 medium which is about £250, however as i said before an on screen device is much more preferable).
specifications i require are :
- decent processor capable of running photoshop smoothly, and other fairly extensive programs such as zbrush, 3ds max (but i understand that it wont run that well if its too complex as thats what i have my desktop for), but it would be nice to see it on the tablet instead of having to always copy across to the desktop (i5 or i7) preferably as thats what ive seen in most hybrids that fit what im looking for.
- good amount of RAM, preferably 8GB although ive seen a few with 6GB which should be good enough however lower than 4GB would be terrible, and i would only consider 4GB if the device had everything else i need but was a fair amount cheaper than the rest.
- decent touch screen, ive seen a few with gorila glass, which i believe is a great screen, wont scratch, hard to break, etc, must have multi-touch (most ive seen has 10 point multi-touch)
- 1080p resolution, or similar depending on the screen size. only less if its cheap(not really interested in worse res as i need it high to draw well on).
- screen size isnt a big issue other than has to be bigger than 10 odd inches. so its a decent size to draw on. ive seen some at about 20", which makes it difficult to carry around but hey, if the price is right and does everything i need i dont care about the size. although preferably being able to fit in a standard backpack(a4 paper size, slightly bigger) would be ideal (so about 13" to 15" ive seen a few at seem great (15" probably more ideal as its a bigger screen to draw on))
-price is very varying (£1100 max although as i said earlier, a little more if it has everything else(so please share if there are ones like it but below that price is much preferable)) (cheaper the better to an extent, sure cheaper is great but i doubt very much that the closer i get to £500 that it will do what i want, and most of the ones i found are around the £1000 mark)
-must have wifi (although im pretty sure every tablet/laptop hybrid or whatever should have atleast wifi, would be bad if it didnt) however if there is one with 3G for more, id be interested (but that isnt an issue, just an added bonus if it has it, ive seen a couple).
-coming with a pressure sensitive stylus is a must(or at least have the support for one), which nearly all ive seen does (however if it doesn't they're not that expensive, but i want to get the right one so if it comes with it it should be perfect)
- a fairly big hdd (the surface pro i was looking at had a 256GB) no lower than 128Gb as i would quickly run out of space, however i can easily use external harddrives to up storage by saving directly to that, however the bigger internal the better. ive seen a few with 500GB plus an SSD
- having a keyboard is a definite (yes i could buy a separate keyboard as i plan to do with a mouse(just in case for the mouse) however many of these keyboards that come with the tablet/laptop hybrids have backlit keys, a definte must have (as i use my desktop in the dark and find it hard to see the keys as they are not back-lit unless there is a really bright light overhead), and some also have extended battery life within the keyboards (not required but amazing benefit)) either removeable keyboard or a built in, doesnt really bother me however if its built in it must be decent and easy to use in tablet form, (the "tent" position of tablet use, really isnt something i want but such as the surface pro, which uses a kickstand and removeable keyboard is a great example)
- batterylife (although i will mostly be able to keep it plugged into the mains powersupply having a decent battery is preferable. the longer the better but i know it gets more expensive for that) 10hours would be ideal (but probably unrealistic for the power/performance i need without going into thousands), ive seen a few at 4 hours, 6 would be more preferable but ive seen alot at under 3 hours and although thats not a massive problem it would be annoying to never be able to use it away from a mains supply for more than an hour) atleast 4hours would have to be a definate unless it does everything else and is cheaper than others as when at uni i wont be guaranteed a power socket yet will need to use it there and thats around 7 hours in there.
as ive said above the microsoft surface pro seems great, the new surface pro 2 was £1000 and another £100 or so for the keyboard, but im sure there are other similar if not better tablet/laptop hybrids out there.
if you've got this far then thankyou for reading all the above, i know theres alot to read however i wanted to get across everything instead of having to keep answering peoples questions in the comments afterwards. anything you share i will look into and i thankyou again for taking the time to help me.
please post as many different tablets, tablet/laptop hybrids as you can (even if there not released yet as i cant buy anything will early january) and i will look at and compare them all and hopefully you can help me find the best for me. thanks
i am doing a computer game development course and want it mainly for photoshop(to design concepts, create textures etc), with the ability to run 3d modelling/scuplting software(to preview it on the sae device quickly to see roughly what it looks like). i also want to do coding on it (learning) so decent/compfy to use keyboard, aswell as personal stuff aswell (browsing the net, watching videos etc)
ive watched a video of a guy using photoshop and zbrush to create a decent looking head sculplture all on a microsoft surface pro. now this seems perfect however ive been looking around alot to see if theres anything better out there. i have a pretty amazing desktop computer so any hardcore stuff such as 3D modelling(high poly), gaming, and other processes i will all do on that. however this is for an alternative for a graphics tablet. but also i want a laptop, however a tablet seemed good enough instead of a laptop as i never wanted it for extensive use, just casual personal use for when im not at my desktop. and then thats when i foudn about the hybrids which would also be able to combine the graphics tablet part aswell. (the graphics tablet im using as a comparison in terms of accuracy, price etc is the intuos 5 medium which is about £250, however as i said before an on screen device is much more preferable).
specifications i require are :
- decent processor capable of running photoshop smoothly, and other fairly extensive programs such as zbrush, 3ds max (but i understand that it wont run that well if its too complex as thats what i have my desktop for), but it would be nice to see it on the tablet instead of having to always copy across to the desktop (i5 or i7) preferably as thats what ive seen in most hybrids that fit what im looking for.
- good amount of RAM, preferably 8GB although ive seen a few with 6GB which should be good enough however lower than 4GB would be terrible, and i would only consider 4GB if the device had everything else i need but was a fair amount cheaper than the rest.
- decent touch screen, ive seen a few with gorila glass, which i believe is a great screen, wont scratch, hard to break, etc, must have multi-touch (most ive seen has 10 point multi-touch)
- 1080p resolution, or similar depending on the screen size. only less if its cheap(not really interested in worse res as i need it high to draw well on).
- screen size isnt a big issue other than has to be bigger than 10 odd inches. so its a decent size to draw on. ive seen some at about 20", which makes it difficult to carry around but hey, if the price is right and does everything i need i dont care about the size. although preferably being able to fit in a standard backpack(a4 paper size, slightly bigger) would be ideal (so about 13" to 15" ive seen a few at seem great (15" probably more ideal as its a bigger screen to draw on))
-price is very varying (£1100 max although as i said earlier, a little more if it has everything else(so please share if there are ones like it but below that price is much preferable)) (cheaper the better to an extent, sure cheaper is great but i doubt very much that the closer i get to £500 that it will do what i want, and most of the ones i found are around the £1000 mark)
-must have wifi (although im pretty sure every tablet/laptop hybrid or whatever should have atleast wifi, would be bad if it didnt) however if there is one with 3G for more, id be interested (but that isnt an issue, just an added bonus if it has it, ive seen a couple).
-coming with a pressure sensitive stylus is a must(or at least have the support for one), which nearly all ive seen does (however if it doesn't they're not that expensive, but i want to get the right one so if it comes with it it should be perfect)
- a fairly big hdd (the surface pro i was looking at had a 256GB) no lower than 128Gb as i would quickly run out of space, however i can easily use external harddrives to up storage by saving directly to that, however the bigger internal the better. ive seen a few with 500GB plus an SSD
- having a keyboard is a definite (yes i could buy a separate keyboard as i plan to do with a mouse(just in case for the mouse) however many of these keyboards that come with the tablet/laptop hybrids have backlit keys, a definte must have (as i use my desktop in the dark and find it hard to see the keys as they are not back-lit unless there is a really bright light overhead), and some also have extended battery life within the keyboards (not required but amazing benefit)) either removeable keyboard or a built in, doesnt really bother me however if its built in it must be decent and easy to use in tablet form, (the "tent" position of tablet use, really isnt something i want but such as the surface pro, which uses a kickstand and removeable keyboard is a great example)
- batterylife (although i will mostly be able to keep it plugged into the mains powersupply having a decent battery is preferable. the longer the better but i know it gets more expensive for that) 10hours would be ideal (but probably unrealistic for the power/performance i need without going into thousands), ive seen a few at 4 hours, 6 would be more preferable but ive seen alot at under 3 hours and although thats not a massive problem it would be annoying to never be able to use it away from a mains supply for more than an hour) atleast 4hours would have to be a definate unless it does everything else and is cheaper than others as when at uni i wont be guaranteed a power socket yet will need to use it there and thats around 7 hours in there.
as ive said above the microsoft surface pro seems great, the new surface pro 2 was £1000 and another £100 or so for the keyboard, but im sure there are other similar if not better tablet/laptop hybrids out there.
if you've got this far then thankyou for reading all the above, i know theres alot to read however i wanted to get across everything instead of having to keep answering peoples questions in the comments afterwards. anything you share i will look into and i thankyou again for taking the time to help me.
please post as many different tablets, tablet/laptop hybrids as you can (even if there not released yet as i cant buy anything will early january) and i will look at and compare them all and hopefully you can help me find the best for me. thanks
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