 Meghan Gonski |
Laptops I havea Dell D620 latitude laptop. It's not very good to see and edit my photos on. I want to by a new laptop. Does anyone have a recommmendation for a type of laptop good for photographers? I like Windows XP layouts instead of Mac layouts... Thanks!
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hi Meghan, Laptops are not good for editing photos on because of calibration issues and constant lighting changes and even the angle you are viewing the screen can severely affect how an image looks. To perform photo editing, you will need a real desktop machine or attach a monitor that you keep calibrated to ypur laptop. If I had to choose a laptop, it would be a 17" MacBook Pro as it has a much better layout for using Photoshop. Since switching to MAC 2 years ago, I will never buy another Windoze machine ever again. I went through 3 PC laptops in less than 4 years as they all started out great but quickly declined to the point I couldn't run Photoshop & Bridge at the same time without crashing. Then one thyat was 6 months old had the internal hard drive fail and it ate 800 photos I has just taken before I had a chance to back them up to another external drive. I lost those photos and am still sore over it. My 15.4" MacBook Pro will probably last me 8+ years (as several of my close friends are still using their MBPs that are 8+ years old) and I dont know how long my 24" IMAC will last but this is the machine I would recommend to you. BTW - Apple just released a 27" quad-core IMAC and this is one incredible machine. If you know anyone with a 24" IMAC, go and play on it for a while and you will see how incredible it is. Plus - you dont have to worry about all the viruses, spyware, and constant updates & firewall crap to protect your machine and even that wont suffice for many Windoze OS. XP=OK, Vista=terrible & the new Windoze 7 has already been ravaged by some terrible viruses that they are still trying to get a handle on. Please consider a 24" or the new 27" IMAC and 3 months from now, you will be thanking me over & over & over. Then you can continue using your current laptop for travel, etc.. You cant imagine the joy I experience using my MAC machines. They are fast, easy & NO VIRUSES :D Good luck with your decision, Carlton
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chrisbudny.com - Chris Budny Contact Chris Budny Chris Budny's Gallery |
I'll second part of Carlton's message. I switched to a Mac laptop this summer (MacBook Pro 15") after a lifetime of Windows, and am 150% pleased with the both the computer, and especially the screen for my photo editing. (A desktop machine was simply not an option for me, because I now need to edit my photos while on very frequent travel.) Previously I used a Windows (Gateway) laptop, but hooked it up to an external CRT monitor, because the laptop's screen was terrible for displaying accurate colors. Like Carlton, I will not go back to Windows... I only wish I'd made the switch sooner! Good luck!
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D Jensen |
I also use a Mac and agree with everything Christopher and Carlton said. Love my MAC machine and will never go back to Windows.
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Meghan Gonski |
Hi thanks everyone Carlton, that is one of my main problems right now is the viewing is different from different angles. I have to pick one and stick with it until i'm sore! But I noticed my brothers' Mac has a better viewing range, it looks the same in different angles until a certain point. I have been thinking of a desktop but I don't know if I' like to be stationary. lol You mentioned a monitor to attach to your laptop, what is that/how it works? are they expensive?
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Randy A. Myers |
You should be able to attach a normal monitor to your laptop with no problem. I have an old Dell laptop that I used to hook up to a desktop monitor. It's not a special monitor if that's what you're thinking.
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hi Maghan, Like Randy stated, you can use any monitor. I used to just leave my monitor cable laying where I placed my laptop so that when I was ready to use it, I could easily attach the cable to the laptop. You can set up your laptop and configure it for using 2 screens and you can calibrate the external monitor so that it is ready to go whenever you attach the laptop. I used to view my thumbnails in Bridge on my laptop screen and then launch Photoshop on the External monitor for editing my images. I used this configuration for a couple of years before switching to the IMAC. I also had a base station for my laptop which made all my connections to external hard drives, printers, etc - much easier. Good luck with your decision Meghan, Carlton
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Meghan Gonski |
Thanks :)
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