Hey guys,
I need to pick up a laptop. I have a desktop I do most of my work on and for now I need the laptop to handle buts of web development and occasional photoshop work when I'm away from my computer. I'm taking a road trip at the end of this month and I need something to take with me.
With Ivy bridge coming soon, as well as possibly a refresh to macbook pro's and not really seeing anything currently that would be a perfect fit for what I really want, I'm thinking about getting a cheap notebook to last me into the next year, then either sell it or give it to a family member or use it as a spare.
1. What is your budget?
low, $250 - $450
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
14" or less, ideally. will go 15/15.6 if the price is substantially cheaper.
3. What screen resolution do you want?
if possible, greater than 1366x768, but it will do fine for now I guess (resolution in current laptops is one reason I'm not making a bigger investment right now)
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
probably somewhere in between
5. How much battery life do you need?
more is always better, but I'm being cheap.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
no.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
web development & graphic design (though for the web mostly so not as big a hit as for print)
but commonly running several photoshop mocks, a text editor with a dozen files, 3 different browsers with multiple instances each etc etc.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
not a whole lot. smallest hd will do.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
a year, then will find other uses for it.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
not important
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
open to anything for this one
13. What country do you live in?
California
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I'm not sure how slow of a processor I can accept before it becomes unworkable to run photoshop on the occasion that I need it to. i3? i3UM? pentium class? amd's offerings? a screen with a resolution higher than 1366 would be great, but I'm doubtful in this price range.
thanks for your help!
I need to pick up a laptop. I have a desktop I do most of my work on and for now I need the laptop to handle buts of web development and occasional photoshop work when I'm away from my computer. I'm taking a road trip at the end of this month and I need something to take with me.
With Ivy bridge coming soon, as well as possibly a refresh to macbook pro's and not really seeing anything currently that would be a perfect fit for what I really want, I'm thinking about getting a cheap notebook to last me into the next year, then either sell it or give it to a family member or use it as a spare.
1. What is your budget?
low, $250 - $450
2. What is the size of the notebook that you are considering?
14" or less, ideally. will go 15/15.6 if the price is substantially cheaper.
3. What screen resolution do you want?
if possible, greater than 1366x768, but it will do fine for now I guess (resolution in current laptops is one reason I'm not making a bigger investment right now)
4. Do you need a portable or desktop replacement laptop?
probably somewhere in between
5. How much battery life do you need?
more is always better, but I'm being cheap.
6. Do you want to play games with your laptop? If so then please list the games that you want to with the settings that you want for these games. (Low,Medium or High)?
no.
7. What other tasks do you want to do with your laptop? (Photo/Video editing, Etc.)
web development & graphic design (though for the web mostly so not as big a hit as for print)
but commonly running several photoshop mocks, a text editor with a dozen files, 3 different browsers with multiple instances each etc etc.
8. How much storage (Hard Drive capacity) do you need?
not a whole lot. smallest hd will do.
9. If you are considering specific sites to buy from, please post their links.
10. How long do you want to keep your laptop?
a year, then will find other uses for it.
11. What kind of Optical drive do you need? DVD ROM/Writer,Bluray ROM/Writer,Etc ?
not important
12. Please tell us about the brands that you prefer to buy from them and the brands that you don't like and explain the reasons.
open to anything for this one
13. What country do you live in?
California
14. Please tell us any additional information if needed.
I'm not sure how slow of a processor I can accept before it becomes unworkable to run photoshop on the occasion that I need it to. i3? i3UM? pentium class? amd's offerings? a screen with a resolution higher than 1366 would be great, but I'm doubtful in this price range.
thanks for your help!