Best Laptop for Photo Editing

LBargainbru on 13/01/2016 - 13:48
Last edited 13/01/2016 - 18:17

Hi all. This is my first post here :-)

I am in the market for a new laptop for work and thought I may as well get one that will double up as a photo editing laptop.

Requirements for work: full number pad, as I do lots in Excel. I am sure any laptop I buy for photo editing will cope with my Excel requirements!

Screen size: 15-17" seems to make sense for editing

Budget: $1,000-$1,300

I am very new to photo editing & have not decided on a preferred program yet.

Should I consider IPS screens or 3K as a necessity or just a nice to have (or not even that!)?

Electrical & Electronics

Comments

  • Uncle Chop Chop on 13/01/2016 - 14:11
    +2

    Realistically I think most modern laptops would handle photo editing fine. Video editing is another story… But a quadcore with 8-16GB would be my recommendation.

    The screen would probably be the most important factor in my opinion. You'd want something with good colour accuracy, gamut etc.

  • oscargamer on 13/01/2016 - 14:38

    i5 or i7, lots of ram and a sizeable ssd

    how about one of these? rip out the hd and put in an ssd, add more ram

    personally i'd go for the cheapest one and mod the hell out of it

    http://www.centrecom.com.au/asus-x555uj-xo113t-156-hd-core-i…

    http://www.centrecom.com.au/asus-n551jb-dm019t-156-full-hd-c…

    http://www.centrecom.com.au/asus-x550jx-dm191t-156-full-hd-d…

      • oscargamer on 13/01/2016 - 17:55

        they are by far (IMO) the best laptops on the market for quality and service

        • oscargamer on 13/01/2016 - 18:42
          -2

          @Cheap Charlie:

          My background (one word) is not relevant. Particularly to you.

          I have owned Asus, HP and Dell. My preference, for many reasons, is Asus. Hence the IMO in my reply. That's all it is. My opinion.

          The next laptop I buy with my own money will be an Asus.

          I'm sure you have your opinion. Give it. The OP can take on whatever other opinions they want to, or they can spend their money on anything they want.

          Again, just my opinion.

        • oscargamer on 13/01/2016 - 19:00
          -3

          @Cheap Charlie:

          Like i said charlie, it's my opinion

          No strong response, just a strong opinion

          and it's 'you're maybe a jerk' not 'your maybe a jerk' ;)

          No opinion in that, just correct grammar (that's GRAMMAR not GRAMMER)

          kiss kiss

          EDIT - you have just re-done year 10 English and corrected your grammar - well done ! … well some of it anyway

  • tadere on 13/01/2016 - 16:17

    i've used their support once and they were great to deal with.

  • Bargainbru on 13/01/2016 - 18:10

    Thanks guys.

    Should I consider Apple (even though I'm not a fan)?

    What about IPS and 3K screens? Are those necessary or just nice to have?

  • NigelTufnel on 18/01/2016 - 10:25
    +1

    I just went through a similar investigation phase. Although, for me, photo editing is 2nd to large excel/GIS modeling.
    The general consensus I found from my reading various threads is that the bottleneck for photo editing will generally be RAM, and Hard Drive. So top of my list would be 16GB RAM, and a decent SSD, or easily replaceable HDD.
    A good processor will help with some of the photo processing, but hyper threaded i5 is probably fine for most work.
    At least full HD screen, preferably IPS. Ideally 4k, but that will likely blow budget.

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