Cheap laptop for graphics use??

united_4_life

Hi guys!

I'm new to the site so forgive me if someone has posted a thread on this before!

Basically i'm after a new laptop as my computer decided to die on me last week. It needs to be able to handle graphics packages easily as im an architecture student.
Im not too up on my computers so i dont really know what kind processor (e.g. core 2 duo etc...) would be best for me?

I have a budget of around £600 quid so just wondered if anyone on here knows of any good deals or advice they could give?!!

Looking forward to ur replies!!

united_4_life

Just come across this on the Aldi website....wat u guys think of this? is it powerful enough for intensive graphics?....
Are medion decent??



MEDION® AKOYA® P6612

each £579.99 *
With a new notebook based on Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology you’ll experience a breakthrough in mobile performance, enabled longer battery life, the future of wireless now with 802.11n standard, and more, right at your fingertips. Delivering performance gains of up to 50% you’ll make quick work of the toughest computing tasks so you can accomplish more without the wait.
Intel® Centrino® 2 technology
with Intel® Core™2 Duo processor P7350 (2,0GHz, 3MB L2 cache, FSB 1066MHz)
Massive storage
320 GB hard disk for storing more than 60,000 music tracks/photos*
Huge memory
Massive 4GB RAM**
Home cinema experience in 16:9
16" widescreen display with HD resolution (1366 × 768 px.)
Powerful graphics
NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GS DirectX® 10 graphics with 256MB GDDR3 memory and digital HDMI audio/video output
Digital Freeview™ TV with Record Function
Express Card DVB-T TV-Tuner incl. remote control
Sit back, relax and watch digital TV channels directly on your laptop, in a window or full screen. It’s so easy to set-up and use. Record digital TV programmes and watch them later. You can schedule TV recordings on a daily, weekly or once only basis.
Stay connected
Integrated Bluetooth® 2.0
Burn CDs and DVDs
Multiformat DVD/CD Burner with DVD-RAM and Dual Layer support Burn CDs and DVDs
High speed wireless connections
Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 5100AGN Intel® Next-Gen Wireless-N with up to 300MBit/s.***
Convenient extended keyboard
Integrated numeric keypad
All the support you need
36 month manufacturer’s warranty

Conor_3

Medion are good. They're a well known brand in Germany.

macima

It's a great deal with a good spec - tons of memory and a fast CPU - however I've not sure about the screen resolution, 768 pixels high is perfect for HD video, but it's not so good run running applications. It would feel a bit cramped vertically IMHO. Check the resolution of the PC you're using now, quite possibly it'll have a vertical resolution of 1024 pixels - so with this laptop you'd be losing a 1/4 of your vertical resolution. Or in other words, a lot more scrolling up and down with the mouse.

Mark Mac

jaydeeuk1

Looks a good laptop. The screen res is perhaps a bit low, but you could get round this by running a separate LCD - any self respecting gfx artist would have at least 2 monitors anyway