Peter_S Posted January 20, 2010 Share #1 Posted January 20, 2010 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi! I am looking to buy a new small (10-12.1") laptop after my Sony TX850 stopped working. Does anybody have a recommendation for one that is OK for photo editing, up to the final printed product? I know it is not ideal on any laptop but I have to do this quite often. I felt the TX850 screen to be sufficiently good. I am now currently in particular looking at Panasonic Toughbook CF-T2 and Dell Latitude 420 (both refurbished). Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jackart Posted January 21, 2010 Share #2 Posted January 21, 2010 Dell Latitude D420 is fast and small. If You are not taking your notebook to rain and don't let it fall, Dell would be my favourite. I would check that laptop has at minimum 2GB of ram and at least 200GB of HDD. If less, I suggest to upgrade as first thing. Graphics card specs is not important when working in 2D only. Jaak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
proenca Posted January 21, 2010 Share #3 Posted January 21, 2010 Well, exact specs and which PC to buy Im afraid I cant chime in very well. However, I can relate to my experience : I sometimes use my MacAir ( often and often these days ) to edit my M8 files, since to be honest, I dont have much time to sit for hours on front of my MacPRO during the week ( the desktop ) - so I usually load up the catalogs in the MacAir and do the selection there and then I end up doing the editing there as well. Now few things : The Air specs are : 2.13 ghz Intel Core Duo 2 2GB Ram 128gb SSD disk Its fine for 10mp processing in Lightroom - speed is fast, not MacPRO league but perfectably acceptable. It has a 13" screen and that is its main problem : while ok for selecting which candidate photo its a wee bit to small for serious editing. If you using a 10" for that, hummm.. perhaps you can connect it to a larger , lets say 19" monitor ? If so, should be ok. But 10" for editing up to print.. would drive me nuts to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter_S Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share #4 Posted January 22, 2010 Jackart & Proenca, thanks for your replies. I just found a used but as-new Sony Vaio TX850p here in Vancouver that I bought on the spot - I had that one before and it works for me. Just did not think I would find one that fast and easily. Cheers, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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