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12/29/2012 05:25:03 PM · #1 |
My husband bought me a new laptop for christmas.. but on our way out of town our uhaul door cam open and out went my laptop and my external hard drive.. with my whole digital life on it.. :(
I need to purchase another one.. only thins time with a budget.. my limit is $500 anyone know a decent laptop to run photoshop that is in that range or under.. until I can get another one. :(
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12/29/2012 05:34:40 PM · #2 |
Almost anything but the cheapest laptops will fit the bill currently.
Just was at K-Mart, and saw several laptops under $400 that would probably work for you.
Toshiba w/4G memory, 650G hard drive, 15.5" screen
Any laptop with a minimum of 4G memory, 500G hard drive, 14" or bigger screen. Desirable would be a quad core processor, an Intel I-3, I5 or I7 processor, AMD dual or quad core processor.
Fantastic would be a 32+G SSD (solid state drive) for your op sys, combined with a larger hard drive.
Laptops in the past 3 months are equal or better than almost any laptop available 1+ years ago.
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12/29/2012 05:36:17 PM · #3 |
| You might check your car insurance / u-haul insurance - there may be a way for them to cover the damage. |
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12/29/2012 06:50:54 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by dtremain:
You might check your car insurance / u-haul insurance - there may be a way for them to cover the damage. |
Were in the process of trying to find out. Thank you for the input. I'm not real sure what all the i3 and all that is or means so thats why i figrued asking here would help. |
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12/29/2012 07:03:08 PM · #5 |
| opinions on this one? Toshiba Satellite L875D-S7332 - A series 2.7 GHz - 640 GB HDD / 5400 rpm - 17.3″ 1600 x 900 - 6 GB RAM - Mercury silver |
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12/29/2012 08:10:32 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by moniboo1981:
opinions on this one? Toshiba Satellite L875D-S7332 - A series 2.7 GHz - 640 GB HDD / 5400 rpm - 17.3″ 1600 x 900 - 6 GB RAM - Mercury silver |
I ran a quick search and found some specs for this computer at Office Depot ($449 with rebates) and it seems like it will run PS at least adequately. The processor is a dual core model made by AMD rather than the more common Intel (i3,i5,i7) and I'm not sure how robust it is- but probably not too bad for the price. It has USB3 which will be a plus for your external drive images, and 6GB of RAM isn't so bad and you can add more if you want to. The graphics processor is integrated as part of the processor chip rather than being separate, but that's to be expected in this price range.
The screen resolution is not very high considering it has a 17" screen and I think that will be the weakest part of the computer. You probably can't expect really good color from a screen in this price range. Just be aware of that and know that when editing you may not see all the color that is ideal. You could hook it up to an external monitor at some point, but I would worry that the integrated graphics might not drive it very well. So try to bring some images on a thumb drive and make sure you can live with that screen before you buy- it "might" not be so bad.
Good luck and sorry about your mishap :( |
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12/30/2012 12:24:16 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by Brent_S:
Originally posted by moniboo1981:
opinions on this one? Toshiba Satellite L875D-S7332 - A series 2.7 GHz - 640 GB HDD / 5400 rpm - 17.3″ 1600 x 900 - 6 GB RAM - Mercury silver |
I ran a quick search and found some specs for this computer at Office Depot ($449 with rebates) and it seems like it will run PS at least adequately. The processor is a dual core model made by AMD rather than the more common Intel (i3,i5,i7) and I'm not sure how robust it is- but probably not too bad for the price. It has USB3 which will be a plus for your external drive images, and 6GB of RAM isn't so bad and you can add more if you want to. The graphics processor is integrated as part of the processor chip rather than being separate, but that's to be expected in this price range.
The screen resolution is not very high considering it has a 17" screen and I think that will be the weakest part of the computer. You probably can't expect really good color from a screen in this price range. Just be aware of that and know that when editing you may not see all the color that is ideal. You could hook it up to an external monitor at some point, but I would worry that the integrated graphics might not drive it very well. So try to bring some images on a thumb drive and make sure you can live with that screen before you buy- it "might" not be so bad.
Good luck and sorry about your mishap :( |
Brent - do you think you could give an opinion on what'd you would get in that range if you were buying? I'm cluless when it comes to the specs. and evrywhere i've been to ask for help i have some HS kid telling me different things some of which I know isn't true. |
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12/30/2012 01:01:21 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by moniboo1981:
Brent - do you think you could give an opinion on what'd you would get in that range if you were buying? I'm cluless when it comes to the specs. and evrywhere i've been to ask for help i have some HS kid telling me different things some of which I know isn't true. |
Hi Monica,
I don't know that I would be the best qualified here to help with your purchase in that I have switched over to using Macs for about four years now. Hopefully others who have recently purchased in your price range ( I would state it again) and did research will chime in. I really don't know if getting an AMD processor instead of Intel which might be a little more expensive is to your advantage because sometimes Adobe for example designs their software to perform well with certain popular processors and I'm not sure they pay a lot of attention to AMD. Again, others can chime in.
I do think you can probably get better advice on the advantages of the various models by reading online reviews rather than listening to some kid salesman who might be on commission. And a site like www.newegg.com would likely have better reviews given that they mostly sell computer hardware rather than office depot, etc. And I will say that Costco has good return policies should you find something that works for you there and can't wait to have something shipped from newegg, etc.
Hope that helps a little! :) |
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12/30/2012 04:19:27 PM · #9 |
Something like this seems like a good place to start.
Dell Laptop
ΓΆ€ΒΆ 6GB Memory 500GB HDD + 32GB SSD HDD
ΓΆ€ΒΆ Intel HD Graphics 4000
ΓΆ€ΒΆ Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit
ΓΆ€ΒΆ 8X DVD+/-RW
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