Best laptops for photo editing?

[Shadowman]

Check this out, https://www.slrlounge.com/best-compu...-computer-par/
The high end gamers are adequate, #7 here...http://www.dell.com/en-us/gaming/ali...-laptops?cs=19

I have to agree that Dell is one company that can help you put together an extreme machine.

[Tronhard]

This looks like an interesting article, but alas not for me as I move between countries on a regular basis and a laptop is far more practical to work with than a desktop - I can just have a monitor in each country (although my custom laptop screen is good on its own). When I settle down finally I will doubtless get a desktop. I will look forward with interest to see how the latest offering of the Surface Pro from Microsoft comes out, see here the short teaser and the full Reveal.

Check this out, https://www.slrlounge.com/best-compu...-computer-par/
The high end gamers are adequate, #7 here...http://www.dell.com/en-us/gaming/ali...-laptops?cs=19

[Manfred M]

The high end gamers are adequate, #7 here...http://www.dell.com/en-us/gaming/ali...-laptops?cs=19

Nope.


1. High end gamers are all about high frame rate, not about accurate colour rendition. Gaming requires extremely high end graphics and in fact are what drive the high end gpu market.

2. Photoshop (and other photo editing hardware) are not particularly resource hungry from either a CPU or GPU standpoint. They need a decent amount of ram and video ram. The files generated can be huge (a large .psd can be 2GB), so fast storage (m.2 drive and / or SSD rather than a mechanical drive) are very useful. You are moving and storing lots of data.

3. Most important - an accurate (preferably AdobeRGB compliant) but at least an sRGB compliant screen.


A gamer's computer automotive analogy would be a sports car and a photo editor should be looking at a solid pickup truck (one with a large box).

[tonykakkar]

MacBook Air or MacBook Pro is one of the best laptops for photo editing. Other than this I have found few good suggestions on thecrazybuyers for the best laptop for photoshop.

[DanK]

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[shumicpi]

This comment can be taken in the light of an experience. in 2018, Most of the popular photo editing tools has just announced a big update in their system. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-be...khtiar-Uddin-1
Therefore, keeping the issue in our mind before buying a laptop.

[Manfred M]

This comment can be taken in the light of an experience. in 2018, Most of the popular photo editing tools has just announced a big update in their system. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-be...khtiar-Uddin-1
Therefore, keeping the issue in our mind before buying a laptop.

The article you posted misses the most important question anyone considering a laptop (or computer screen) purchase for use in photo editing work.

Is the screen at least 100% sRGB compliant? If the answer is no, then the unit is not one that should be considered for photo editing work as it does not even meet the lowest standard being able to reproduce colours accurately. If the product spec does not mention that the unit is, then it is safe to assume that it does not do so.

All of the recent issues of Apple laptops do so, and I suspect that this trend has been continued with the recently announced models. With the other brands and models, this is something the prospective purchaser needs to check out before buying.

The other question that needs to be asked is whether or not the rest of the hardware (especially the amount of RAM) meets the minimum requirement of the photo editing software that will be used. No use in buying a machine that won't run the software. The software manufacturers do provide this information.

[SSSdave]

Just registered on this board so first post. Am no expert as some of you folks, however you might find my input of interest or may give me some advice. Something that I can and will improve on in near future by buying latest 8k hardware with a powerful Dell workstation but for now is an example of being able to get work done reasonably with somewhat dated gear.

Have not lurked in these forums but have used the site's excellent well graphically designed tutorials over the last decade. Am and old Silicon Valley hi tech electronic hardware person and photographer from earliest SLR's to MF to 4x5 LF to digital. Began using PS 3.0 mid 90s and got neck deep into color management and printing but not paying attention much the last decade. Currently still editing images using:
On Windows desktop an old calibrated 24" NEC 2490WUXi while also using
a Windows 10 Dell XPS15 9550 with 15.7" Ultra HD 4k display
an external Dell P2415Q Ultra HD 4k monitor.

I have years of digital large multi row column and focus stitch blended images using Kolor Autopano Pro and Zerene Stacker plus older drum scanned 4x5s for Lightjet prints.

Thanks for the link, Tronhard. Brief useful refresher overview. I was surprised to find all 3 of my above monitors dead on at 1/30 second per the crude monitor brightness calibration trick from the Ito link.

My input on this thread is I still prefer to initially edit images with Photoshop CS6 on the 24" NEC 2490WUXi that only has a 94.3 ppi pitch because it provides a more magnified view of images, thus I can more readily deal with all manner of image details and artifacts. Although I can view the same on the Dell P2415Q with 183.7 ppi by changing upward the Windows 10 Display Scale & Layout control, I find doing so back and forth just for the purposes of Photoshop CS6 work an awkward hassle due to tiny text and the fact I prefer the Dell for web use I would then be switching back and forth with. So tend to leave that display scale at a compromised 225% until I import the NEC processed images in, after which I set the display scale to 100% and reboot that at least with CS6 usually doesn't need any tweaking and if it does is trivial. After any processing is complete will set the scale back to 225%.

Of note, sharp image details at full 100% pixels on the Dell P2415Q look incredible as is probably the case with other high end recent 100% sRGB monitors, and at similar dot pitches to actual professional printing dpi's one can view images much closer to the detail pitch of what they will really look on prints versus the way we did with old ~90 ppi monitors. In fact the transmissive versus reflective nature of hi end displays, much like looking at big color film transparencies on a cal'd lightbox is much better than reflective print and because of that I feel it is the future of exhibiting once 8k displays arrive.