Hi Facepunch,
I'm in my final year of School before moving on to college. Before I leave I would hope to e able to have a Laptop. I need it to be able to cope with simple Photo editing and maybe video editing, essentially a work laptop.
I'm no good with Laptops, the only thing I know is to run away from Acer like it was a crazed, compulsive hugger with the plague.
Could you guys help recommend a decent Laptop that will serve me well in my college years?
Thanks.
ThinkPads are robust and the T series have good performance too.
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834246491[/url]
17.3
i5 3210m
630m
500gb hdd
4gb 1333 ddr3
$630
Just replace the Hdd with a 7200 rpm one and this will be great.
depends how much your saving ;V but if i was you i'd go for a i7 3610qm, 8gb 1600mhz, CF 7970 etc
i5, 6-8GB of RAM and probably iGPU for that really - since you didn't mention games.
I have this one: [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Toshiba-Satellite-C855-18D-15-6-inch-i5-3210M/dp/B008CO24DC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1349258476&sr=8-2[/url]
It suits me perfectly.
Gaming would be nice but it's not my main priority, thanks for the help guys!
If you don't buy a ThinkPad, you're clinically insane.
Thinkpads are really great, they tend to have bad gpu's though.
If you are looking for something with a better CPU/GPU balance look at Asus, or Sony Vaio.
(Neither have the build quality of the thinkpad but they are still very good)
Well it's for video editing so as long as the gpu isn't shockingly bad then I should be okay.
If you've got a reasonably high budget, get the Vaio S15 refresh when it's released
I'm aiming at about £500-£600 The only income I'm going to have over the next year is EMA.
[URL="http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/"]http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/[/URL] good website for building laptops
[QUOTE=Wickerman123;37897120]I'm aiming at about £500-£600 The only income I'm going to have over the next year is EMA.[/QUOTE]
How are you still getting EMA? I thought it was canceled :saddowns:
Anyway, I got my laptop from PC Specialist. If you can procure Windows from a friend you could get a Optimus IV for ~£650 with the i5-3210m, or go for the Genesis with a lesser GPU.
I wouldn't recommend getting any CPU under the i5-3120m because you loose a lot of MHZ (even though it's only 100 on the base clock, the turbo boost goes upto 3.0 usually, and you loose hyperthreading.
And make sure you get a 7200rpm HDD, it's worth the price jump, and if you go for the Gen I recomend the 1080p upgrade (£35), as 1366*768 is abysmal.
Wow thanks, that's a tempting one, il look into it.
I still get ema because I'm in Scotland, only country that still does it I think. Haven't got any yet, I just hope the head remembered to sign the sheet an send it away.
Is there a big price jump when it comes to HDD speeds?
[QUOTE=Wickerman123;37971767]Wow thanks, that's a tempting one, il look into it.
I still get ema because I'm in Scotland, only country that still does it I think. Haven't got any yet, I just hope the head remembered to sign the sheet an send it away.
Is there a big price jump when it comes to HDD speeds?[/QUOTE]
£14 at 500gig, didn't check other sizes. It makes the system a heck of a lot faster loading windows, games, photoshop, and general system responsiveness.
Cool thanks, il see how much money I can save up by the new year. :)
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