So I got shafted by the beautiful people are lenovo and am now once again searching for a laptop.
My main use would be web and graphic design. So a lot of Photoshop, Illustrator etc. Would be nice if I could play Red Orchestra 2 on medium settings at least too, but not essential.
I was originally going to get a ThinkPad Edge E531 Express for AU$599.60 with the following specs:
- Intel Core i5-3230M Processor (3.20GHz, 3MB Cache, 1600MHz)
- Operating System: Windows 8 64
- Display: 15.6W FHD Antiglare, Midnight Black - No WWAN
- Graphics: Nvidia N14P-GV2+ 2 GB VRAM (WWAN or mSATA capable)
- Memory: 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3L SDRAM 1600MHz SODIMM
- Keyboard: Keyboard with Number Pad - US English
- Pointing Device: No Fingerprint Reader, Plastic Cover
- Camera: 720p HD Camera with Microphone
- Hard Drive: 320GB Hard Disk Drive, 7200rpm
- Optical Device: DVD Recordable 8x Max Dual Layer w/ SW Royalty for Windows 8
- Battery: 6 cell Li-Ion Battery 62WH - 75+
- Power Cord: 90W AC Adapter - ANZ
- Wireless: ThinkPad a/b/g/n Wireless & Bluetooth 4.0 (2x2 ABGN & BT 4.0)
Any body have any recommendations of something at least powerful enough to handle lots of Photoshop and Illustrator work under $1000?
The cheaper, the better.
Thanks
How about this from the Dell outlet?
Refurbished though.
DFO-2293283IP
REFURBISHED
Inspiron 15R Laptop
3rd Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3537U processor (4M Cache, up to 3.1 GHz, with 2GB Discrete base)
8GB 2 DIMM (4GB x 2) DDR3 1600Mhz
1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive Windows 8, English (64bit)
Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes DVD)
Internal 10/100 Fast Ethernet
AMD Radeon(TM) HD 8730M with 2G DDR3 VRAM
Stereo Speakers with Waves MaxxAudio(R) 4.0
6-cell Lithium Ion (65WHr) Battery
Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230, 802.11b/g/n + Bluetooth v4.0
15.6 inch LED Backlit Display with Anti Glare and FHD resolution (1920x1080)
LCD Back Cover - Indigo Blue
No OS media included.
Unit has minor scratches.
1 Year warranty
1 available
$ 734