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- craigatkinson0
- That something you're running is gobbling up a whole lotta memoryd_rek
- lighroom?craigatkinson
- craigatkinson0
maybe this would fix it? http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/…
- vaxorcist0
FWIW my Dell i5 works fine for me with LR4, a million browser ADHD windows and photoshop all at the same time.....it's and much cheaper(!)
I got a Dell i5 laptop on craigslist cheap due to a scratched case lid... replaced a part for lunch money, and added RAM... it has 2 7200 RPM hard drives in it, (took out CD-ROM drive).... a nice thing about Dell's is that parts are easy to find..... I may replace one of the hard drives with an SSD....
I run an external monitor whenever I'm at a desk, so I can use lightroom's contact sheet on one screen and a hi-res image on the other, it works nicely. I may consider a $200 Lenovo portable USB external monitor, as I love to have 2 monitors when doing lightroom, as I am a photographer who often has hundreds of corporate convention photos to go through... (my process is to use fastStone image viewer first to cull bad shots, then lightroom to process and edit)
good luck! the i7 may be a big help with REVit, but otherwise I think more RAM and and/or SSD and/or 2x 7200 RPM hard drives + an i5 may be fast enough for you... and lunch money in comparison...
- lenovo USB monitor http://www.laptopmag…vaxorcist
- I just got myself a Vostro 3550 with a 2.9GHz i5, 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM for £400. So far it runs lovely.orrinward2
- sine0
i got an HP EliteBook 8540w (Mobile Workstation) at the beginning of last year. at the time it was one of the highest specced machines out there. Intel Duel Core i7 2.80 GHz, 8gb Ram and a Nvidia Quadro 3d accelerator... very happy with this machine. i use it for AutoCAD and Revit (3d) work mostly.
the only problem with this machine is it's battery life... it's "mobile" only in the sense that it's a very powerful machine that you can carry around, but the battery life sucks and performance when not plugged in is reduced.
- sorry, that doesn't really answer your question...sine
- good to get it off your chest though! hacraigatkinson
- craigatkinson0
I just v briefly saw the Asus weird 'gaming' laptop. I have no interest in playing games, but it looks like the power might work well for LR / PS / ID? I don't know how PC graphics stuff works though - coming from a mac. So perhaps gaming graphics isn't the same as flat image / non-moving and requires different resources?
- craigatkinson0
- the ultimate fighting machine apparentlycraigatkinson
- its a "gaming" machine just because it has a 660M GFX cardFallowDeer
- what does that mean?craigatkinson
- its a pretty good graphics card for a laptop, can compete with some mid range PC cardsFallowDeer
- FallowDeer0
I'm currently looking at buying a PC laptop and I've heard good things from the HP Elite range, but I have my heart set on a Lenovo Y580
http://www.johnlewis.com/2316568…
You can pick up the i7 version for £999
- mixed SSD HD and a good graphics card to handle video production etcFallowDeer
- I would deffo look into a laptop with SSD and 3rd gen i7 processorFallowDeer
- craigatkinson0
I should be asking in comparison to what I have 8gb- http://www.everymac.com/systems/…
- craigatkinson0
I heard HP should be avoided.
Are lenovo good?- come recommended from a few friends, but never owned one myself so couldnt sayFallowDeer
- Fax_Benson0
- how much did this cost? £FallowDeer
- 13"?craigatkinson
- every price I see is over £1,300FallowDeer
- 13.1 inch widescreen. £ depends on spec - mine was just over £2kFax_Benson
- sine0
also keep in mind windows 8 will be rolling out soon
- craigatkinson0
yes I heard that, is it meant to be worth waiting for?
- If you get a windows 7 laptop, you can upgrade for £15 when 8 comes out I thinkFallowDeer
- yes just read that, thankscraigatkinson
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- animatedgif0
Wait hang on...
"I'm looking at the new MBP i7 Quad maxed, 16GB retina...£3k. Great!"
So you're complaining how expensive a retina macbook pro is... then you're considering a machine that doesn't even come with a retina display instead.
- craigatkinson0
The retina display doesn't fuss me TBH. Yes it makes things on my screen look better but there will be so few other people with it that they will only see my work in a worse state than me. So no, not complaining, just backing out. I don't need retina display, my existing display is fine.
- craigatkinson0
and when you say 'a machine that doesn't EVEN come with a retina display', that'll be every machine except a MBP then!
- mekk0
CPU: i5 is fast enough and way cheaper, you will only notice a difference in rendering video or 3d.
RAM: Most of them are upgradeable but 16GB will be expensive!
Do you need it to last 10hrs unplugged?
- I got an i5 Dell laptop on craigslist for $350 because it had a scratched case lid... fixed it for $40 ebay parts! added RAM too!vaxorcist
- craigatkinson0
I just figured the better processor I get now the longer it will last.
RAM, my mac is chewed up with 8GB and 2.66 dual i7, so I figured 16 from crucial and installed by me would be best.
No, would be nice though - 10hrs. Half that would suffice. My MBP I get 2hrs from a battery they said would last 10!I'm ignorant with the workings and numbers of computers, as you can tell. I just use them and break them.
- Only 2 hrs? I almost have to call bullshit on that one.monospaced
- yeah maybe threecraigatkinson
- animatedgif0
> my mac is chewed up with 8GB
What are you using it for?
I mean I do heavy motion graphics and a fair bit of 3D with 4 just fine
- craigatkinson0
right now [average] I am using Lightroom 4 to edit large RAW files. Indesign / Bridge to layout a book, Chrome with 15 tabs open, itunes mail ical firefox as secondary browser, twitter, word / pages.
I use each of these things a lot of the time, daily so just leave them open.
- craigatkinson0
if I do some batch work on LR, or open Ps too than I can make a brew and drink it faster than edit a file.