I'm in the market for a laptop. $1000 +/- a few hundred. Can anyone recommend a model with good colour reproduction?
Bit of Photoshop and maybe light gaming (side scrollers, occasional AAA but ok playing low/medium settings) but mainly photoshop and general browsing etc.
I like the screen and backlit keyboard, I've heard bad things about Asus laptops, bad service. I used to love their
Better processor, maybe not as good build quality?
But screen isn't great.
Things like Ori blind forest, simple games for sick days in bed, maybe "AAA" 3rd, 1st person. But not essential. I have a series x for more intense gaming.
Mainly for the screen and photoshop. Def will put another 8gb if I go with a machine with only 8.
Do you need a slim laptop.
Business ones are much easier to repair.
Removable ram etc.
I just found this, seems to have good screen:
https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/p/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpade/thinkpad-e15-gen-4-(15-inch-amd)/21ed000aau
This would decent for photoshop?
Not really needing slim, probably better airflow in larger chassis.
I just imagine them to be more expensive?
If you want to also add gaming to the mix then it has to have dedicated graphic card of something at least GTX1660 or RTX3050 onwards.
Here could be an option: https://www.harveynorman.com.au/acer-nitro-5-15-6-inch-fhd-i…
Huge discount!
Macbooks
Lol haha yeah
Pray tell which Macbooks is under $1,000?
Simple search right here gives this https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/707896 And paying above $1k is OK, resale value of Apple stuff is great.
Or, better, directly from Apple. These will be like new: https://www.apple.com/au/shop/refurbished/mac/512gb-macbook-…
Is the gaming experience on Mac good?
They have great build quality, but im not keen on the unix/linix software. I bought a macbook air and iphone a few years back (went all in), ditched my phone and pc. Took me 6months and had to revert.
Some os features (ui) on ios or mac os make no sense to me. I think a lot of mac ppl get really surprised by Android features when they actually see and use them, this "oh… right" moment.
@Goremans: No, gaming is bad on macOS. You said Photoshop, for that it's perfect. And for coding/IT work.
Android is mobile OS, different thing.
Decided to wait on 6000 series Ryzen chips…. the iGPU will suit what I need. There is some high end laptops already, just need to wait a few more months 3-6 till they filter down.
For photoshop, even though 8GB RAM should be ok, I wouldn’t get anything less than 16GB.