Laptop £600 for digital imaging

chateauneufdupape

I am looking for a good laptop to do the normal day to day spreadsheets, presentations, web browsing etc, but also want one capable of handling large digital photos and Photoshop software. I am thinking about a Toshiba A500 -19x. Any comments or better suggestions?

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Looks nicely spec'ed to do that, the graphics card and 4gbs of ram will certainly help..

However, for the same money (or a little less), you could also get a dell witth a 17" screen (rather than the toshibas 16" screen)

http://www.dmxdimension.com/dell-uk/inspiron-17-deals-codes-coupons/

Not forgetting Quidco

chateauneufdupape

Thanks, the Dell has a 256 mb graphics card where as the Toshiba has 512mb. Would this make a great difference?

Grassy_Knollington

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Zanzibar

chateauneufdupape wrote: »

Thanks, the Dell has a 256 mb graphics card where as the Toshiba has 512mb. Would this make a great difference?

The graphics card isnt really that relevant for static 2D graphics (e.g. Photoshop) - its for 3D abilities that the card with extra memory makes a difference. A standard integrated graphics card would also work just as well but thats a nice spec laptop.

For the editing you want to do lots of memory and the fastest processor you can get will help.

[Deleted User]

My Dell studio 17 only has the built in (rather rubbish) graphics card.. it's still a very good laptop for image editing. Like said before, you need RAM and processor speed for imaging

debbie42

ringo_24601 wrote: »

http://www.dmxdimension.com/dell-uk/inspiron-17-deals-codes-coupons/

Many thanks for that link. I'd not seen that site before. It neatly summarizes offers on the range I was interested in. I've just ordered a studio 15 in a pretty colour :rolleyes:
(the spec is damn good too, honest!!!)

chateauneufdupape

Having ordered the A500 - 19X from Tesco, they rang today saying it was out of stock. Everywhere else is too. Am now considering the A500 - 17X but this is £100 more. Any thoughts? Must be able to get in time for Christmas.