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Offline supergabe

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looking for a laptop for graphics
« on: September 01, 2011, 07:04:18 PM »
Hi team mates
I would like to hear your opinion about  the ideal laptop screen size for graphics under 600 bucks regarless of brand
i`m already using corel  planning to get photoshop illy in the future
i feel attracted to the newer amd a4 3400 apu which is a quattro cores and discrete videocard in the same chip

Any input from you is appreciated
sencerily supergabe


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Re: looking for a laptop for graphics
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2011, 05:10:47 AM »
Laptops can't be easily upgraded so I just get the best cpu for my budget - the AMD chip isn't released in Europe but it will probably be expensive.  You can get an i3 or i5 Intel at that price.
Check http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php for chip speeds.
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Offline mk162

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Re: looking for a laptop for graphics
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2011, 07:56:55 AM »
Personally, I wouldn't get a laptop for graphics.  Get a desktop and then use logmein or teamviewer to access it and use the computing power of the desktop, that is easily up-gradable.

I am just not a huge fan of laptops because they are hard/expensive to upgrade.

Offline IntegrityShirts

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Re: looking for a laptop for graphics
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2011, 08:38:12 AM »
Bump your budget up to about 1k and you can get a smoking laptop and not worry about upgrading for a while.  I got a refurbed Dell I7 quad core, 17" display and 8gb of ram for under 1k.  I use it when I'm not in the shop AND need to do work.  Desktops are still my preference as I'm a marble mouse dork spoiled with dual displays.

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Re: looking for a laptop for graphics
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2011, 10:02:50 AM »
HP probook 4530s from newegg is on my wish list at the moment.

Offline sweetts

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Re: looking for a laptop for graphics
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 09:52:21 PM »
I just picked up a Toshiba l755 with the amd 6a chip, I run corel and it works nice, I only have had it two day though
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